Name: Amateur radio operators make more than 200 Beaver Island contacts during a September 1998 IOTA visit
Start: 1998-09-01
End: 1998-09-03
Location: Beaver Island

Locator map: Beaver Island highlighted within the Beaver Island archipelago — Took place at Beaver IslandLocator plate © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0); depths NOAA; names USGS GNIS. How the plates are drawn.

Event

Dates: 1998-09-01 – 1998-09-03
Kind: Occurrence
Where: Beaver Island
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: communicationtechnologycommunitytourism
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

On September 1–3, 1998, amateur-radio operators Bill Borgman and Charlie Burgstahler made more than 200 contacts from Beaver Island as part of the Islands On the Air activity.

Evidence limits

The article reports the operators’ own count and selected contacts; it is not an independent radio log.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, October 1998, “Beaver Island On the Air.”
Reports Borgman and Burgstahler’s three-day visit with Art Johnston, antennas in the trees, more than 200 contacts including England, France, and Indonesia, and their thanks to island hosts. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.
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Beaver Beacon, October 1998, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held issue scan confirms the amateur-radio report.
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Beaver Island Archive, “Amateur radio operators make more than 200 Beaver Island contacts during a September 1998 IOTA visit”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-amateur-radio-island-on-the-air-1998/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, October 1998, “Beaver Island On the Air.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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