Amateur Radio Lighthouse Society
The Amateur Radio Lighthouse Society ( ARLHS ) is an amateur radio organization based in Merchantville , New Jersey , USA and with more than 1,665 members worldwide.
ARLHS was founded in 2000 by Jim Weidner, K2JXW, in the USA and has been led by John Huggins, KX4O, since April 2016. It is dedicated to lighthouses and lightships , amateur radio and maritime communication and supports amateur radio activities on or near lighthouses, beacons and lightships. Its goals are to preserve the history of lighthouses and lightships, to preserve endangered sea marks and to create awareness among the general public of the role amateur radio and light signals played in safety at sea. Around 1500 lighthouses are still in operation worldwide.
ARLHS is the largest lighthouse company of its kind in the world. It maintains the World List of Lights , in which all lighthouses are to be recorded and documented, and annually organizes amateur radio competitions in which connections with stations in the vicinity of such sea marks are evaluated.
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Individual evidence
- ^ A b Amateur Radio Lighthouse Society . Retrieved August 17, 2016.
- ↑ Member list . ARLHS. Archived from the original on January 13, 2016.
- ^ ARLHS new management . ARLHS. April 23, 2016. Retrieved August 18, 2016.
- ↑ John Zumerchik, Steven L. Danver: Seas and waterways of the world: an encyclopedia of history, uses, and issues. Vol. 1, ABC-CLIO, Santa Barbara, Calif. 2010, ISBN 978-1-85109-711-1 , p. 500
- ↑ Edward R. Breneiser: Amateur radio pedestrian mobile handbook. Lulu, Reading, Pennsylvania 2011, ISBN 9781312002197 , p. 255
- ^ ARLHS World List of Lights . Retrieved August 17, 2016.
- ↑ Events . ARLHS. Retrieved August 18, 2016.