International Museum Weekends 2018
An Amateur Radio Special Event
Taking Place on the Weekends of
Saturday & Sunday 16th / 17th & 23rd / 24th June.
Museums On The Air Weekends.
Fort Dunree Military Museum will be operated by the Carndonagh Amateur Radio Club this year
Saturday & Sunday 16th / 17th June
Entry No. 5286
The club will be active from Greencastle Maritime
Museum.
Saturday & Sunday 23th / 24th June
Club call EI0CAR
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The intention of the event is to set up amateur radio special
event stations at as many of the museums as possible throughout the whole of the
world. Making contact with other Museums and the many radio hams worldwide.
The choice of museum is also left very much up to the Radio
Clubs involved, however aim is for the largest and/or most unusual site we can
find.
The museums taking part over the years have included ships,
castles, air museums, Napoleonic forts, pumping stations, wireless museums,
racing museums and many others. For the purposes of the event, the word 'museum'
is loosely interpreted. There really is no shortage of venues in which such an
event can be staged, no matter where in the world you might live.
During the first IMW in 2002' over 80 museums from all over
the world took part. The museums varied from tiny local village museums manned
by a single lone operator, to some of the world’s most prestigious ones. These
were accompanied by a great number of military museum sites, such as HMS Belfast
in London, the Battleship New Jersey in the US, RAF museums as well as very many
non-military.
The event has proven itself to be extremely popular and
well supported special event particularly amongst the UK and Ireland radio
amateur population. It also went down very well at the museums which were used
as the venues for the event, and invitations have again been extended for the
coming June.
It has shown itself to be a tremendous public relations
exercise, as well as all of us having lots of fun over the IMW weekends.
At least part of the intention for this event is to present
modern amateur radio to members of the public. What better place to do this than
in the very public and well visited areas of the many museums which can be found
in most parts of the world?
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