ARLA/CLUSTER: Alice Springs lighthouse, um farol no meio do deserto australiano

[João Gonçalves Costa]

Alice Springs lighthouse popular

Each year, amateur radio operators activate lighthouses all over the world - including a temporary structure in
the centre of Australia at  Alice Springs that contacted at least 70 other marine navigation beacons.

When the date of the International Lighthouse and Lightship Weekend happened to coincide with the famous dry river boat race, the Henley-on-Todd Regatta, the Alice Springs Amateur Radio Club came up with an idea.

They built their own lighthouse and set up an amateur radio station to talk to the others from the banks of the Todd River.

The International Lighthouse Lightship weekend aims to promote the need for preserving the world's lighthouses and has been running for 16 years.

Organiser Greg Mair VK8GM told the ABC that his group had contacted other lighthouses in the Canary Islands, Spain, Portugal, Europe, the Pacific and right around Australia.

Considering that Alice Springs is thousands of kilometres from the coast, some interesting responses were received from across the world.

Like the similar promotion given to visitors, Greg VK8GM talked very positively about amateur radio as a recreational pursuit enjoyed by people from all walks of life.

Jim Linton VK3PC
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