What is "Kilo - Four - Lima?"
Kilo - Four - Lima, or "K4L" is a call sign granted by the Federal
Communications Commission for a Special Event amateur radio station which will
be transmitting from the vicinity of New Point Lighthouse on August 18 and 19,
2001.
Members of the Richmond Amateur Telecommunications Society, aware of the
plight of New Point Comfort Lighthouse, have joined forces with the Mathews
County Historical Society in hopes of raising public awareness about the
immediate challenges the local treasure faces.
The K4L team will contact other lighthouses and lightships, as well as other
amateur radio stations across the country and globe as part of the International
Lighthouse / Lightship Weekend, sponsored by the Amateur Radio Lighthouse
Society.
Transmissions will begin at or before 8:00 p.m. EDT on
Friday, August 17, 2001 and continue non-stop until 8:00 p.m. EDT Sunday, August
18, 2001. The K4L team will be transmitting on or near the following
frequencies: 28.363,
21.363, and 14.263 MHz USB, and7.263 & 3.863 MHz LSB.