[bars] Activating the Nantucket Lightship

[Wayne Geiser]

Recently, I toured the Nantucket Lightship, docked in Boston Harbor. Of
course, one of the places I got to see while on board was the radio room. In
it, I saw a display of an amateur radio activation during International
Lighthouse/Lightship Weekend (ILLW).

 

Speaking with my tour guide (and later the man who bought the ship for $1,
is refurbishing the ship, and opened it as a museum), I learned that it has
been quite a while since it was activated.  They expressed great interest in
having it activated again.  The display had the callsign W1NLS on the board.
I looked it up, and it is the "Nantucket Amateur Radio Club" callsign.  LotW
says no QSO data have been uploaded for this callsign since August of 2019
(August is when ILLW is), so it has been at least six years since it was
activated.

 

I'm considering activating it in 2026, but would rather not be the only
operator.  Is anyone else interested in broadcasting from a museum lightship
in Boston Harbor?

 

Cheers,

Wayne

@geiserw.bsky.social

@KC1ONM at mastodon.hams.social

 

"Anyone who doesn't take truth seriously in small matters cannot be trusted
in large ones either." - Albert Einstein.

 

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