Each year amateur radio operators (ham radio) celebrate International Lighthouse Weekend. This year it's August 15-17. The local ham radio club operates a station from this lighthouse at Point Vincente. The goal is to contact by radio as many lighthouses as possible. In spite of the advances in wireless communication, radio communication is often the most reliable form of communication in the case of an emergency. The lighthouse is owned and operated by the U.S. Coast Guard and is open to the public once a month. The radio club has its annual picnic here each August during the International Lighthouse weekend.
There's also Coast Guard residential housing here, too. Check back in the next few days for other photos of the lighthouse and base.
1 comment:
This is a gorgeous photograph. Wow!
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