AMATEUR RADIO CLUB SARAWAK (ARCS) Official Blog: 16th INTERNATIONAL LIGHTHOUSE & LIGHTSHIP 2013 (9M4LHM)

DATE : 17th August - 18th August 2013
PLACE: Tanjung Lobang Lighthouse, Miri, Sarawak
CALLSIGN : 9M4LHM

The event was jointly organised by Amateur Radio Club Sarawak (ARCS) and Sarawak Marine Department. This is the first time that such an event has been held in Sarawak. Sarawak Marine Department's Director, Tn Haji Zahidin was present and shared with others the importance of lighthouses to the marine navigation.

The main propose of the event was to promote awareness of lighthouses to the public. The Tanjong Lobang Lighthouse was built in the early 1940s prior to the onset of the 2nd World War.

The callsign (9M4LHM) assigned to Tanjong Lobang Lighthouse for this event was applied by MARTS (Malaysia Amateur Radio Transmitter Society) and activated by ARCS.

ARCS would like to give credit to 9W8CH (ARCS President), 9M8DB(station manager), 9W8KIF, 9M8MBB, 9M8MET, 9M8ADX, 9W8SIR ,9W8IQA, 9W8NCT and 9M8WAT (station master) for participating in this event. Also not forgetting Alvin who brought a few Scout members from Bintulu to lend a helping hand in setting up the 9M4LHM amateur radio station and introducing these young scouts to the workings of amateur radio.

Total contact for that weekend was 346 QSOs
QSO by band

10m	15m	20m	40m
9 stn	119 stn	217 stn	1 stn

1. Worked on 49 different entities

2. Worked on 29 different zone

3. Worked on 29 WAE Europe continent

4. Worked on 50 different DXCC

Station set-up station:

Antennas     1. Hexbeam K4KIO (5Band)
      2. Yeasu Broadband Dipole
      3. Ultimax 100 End fed antenna

Trancievers   1. Icom IC756 PROIII
        2. Icom IC738
        3. Icom IC 7000
        4. Yeasu FT897D
Operations were mostly confined to 20m band and 15m band as other bands had poor propagation.

ARCS would like to thank everybody that were involved directly and indirectly and plan to organise the same event next year in Tanjung Dato Lighthouse