Special Event:
W1W at Wiscasset,Waterville, and Farmington Railway Museum
August 10, 2024
When: 9AM-4PM, Saturday., August 10, 2024
Where: Main Campus, 97 Cross Road, Alna, ME
Tickets: $9-18
General Information:
The Lincoln County Amateur Radio Club (LCARC) will be operating a special event station at the Sheepscot Station during the Museum's annual picnic weekend, for one day on August 10, 2014.
The public is invited to see this demonstration of period and modern radios operated by licensed (ham) radio amateurs. Come see vintage Morse Code operators with period sounders, 1920's broadcast band radios, or send a Radiogram to a friend! The station will operate with a special event call sign of W1W.
The station will be operating between 9:00AM and 4:00PM on Saturday. For more information and tickets please visit the WWFRM museum's website here.
Information on the 2023 Event can be found here.
Participate:
LCARC invites licensed amateurs and members of the public to participate in operating the radio station under the special event call sign W1W and invites all radio amateurs to make a contact with the station for a W1W QSL Card. The station will be operating HF & VHF utilizing a variety of modes to include CW, Winlink and operating period and modern equipment.
Operating on 7.185, 14.242, 21.350, 28.400. QSL to Lincoln County ARC K1LX, 254 Elliott Hill Rd., Round Pond, ME 04564.
The club is seeking licensed amateurs to participate in the operation of the event. Particularly those with period dress who may serve as ambassadors/docents who can talk about what we do, take messages from the visitors, as well as operate.
For more information, or to volunteer, please email K1LXarc@gmail.com.
last update 4/28/2024