W8W
National Wildlife Refuge Week 2015
Amateur Radio Special Event
October 10 - 18 2015


Luce Amateur Radio Society (W8NBY) will be operating from Whitefish Point Saturday, 17 October. Very rare! Especially interested in making JOTA contacts and local/regional 2m contacts.

Whitefish Point Unit (EN76ms)
managed by Seney NWR

The Whitefish Point Unit  is a stop-over for birds migrating to and from Canada.  The Whitefish Point region is renowned for its concentrations of birds during migration.  Each year thousands of raptors, passerines (perching birds) and water birds funnel through the point to cross Lake Superior.  The unit's primary natural features are gravel beaches, sandy beach dunes and stunted jack pine-dominated forest.

See the Whitefish Point NWR website:
 http://www.fws.gov/refuge/seney/about/whitefish_point_unit.html

Related, see Whitefish Point Bird Observatory:
http://www.wpbo.org/

 
 

Band Ops Plan:

Note -- We will try to follow the plan. The usual factors might cause us to QSY trying to find operating room and contacts!

  Time Freq / Mode
     
Saturday, 10/17 10:00 - 12:00 EDT / 14:00 - 16:00 z
12:00 - 4:00 EDT / 16:00 - 20:00 z
Various		 7.270 SSB
14.270 SSB
147.330 repeater

No cell service at the Point. If you would like to schedule a custom QSO not in line with the above plan,
contact us early: [email protected] .

QSL Info:

SASE (green stamp appreciated, not required) to

W8W / NWR Week
407 Truman St
Newberry, MI 49868

 

Collage Photo Credits:
Rick Denomme - loon, eagle, swans (prints are available for purchase in the Visitor Center Bookstore)
Ron St. Germain - chipmunk - 1999 Photo Contest Winner
Lynn Murphy - monarch caterpillar - 1999 Photo Contest Winner
John Kafer - LeConte's sparrow - 1999 Photo Contest Entry
"Bo" Queen  - (Former) Refuge Manager Tracy Casselman presents award to participant in Children's Fishing Day