Over the weekend of Saturday 16th and Sunday 17th August 2025, the 28th International Lighthouse and Lightship Weekend was held. I got into the shack whenever possible, hoping to work as many lighthouses and lightships as I could.
I ended up working lighthouses and lightships in the following countries:
- Australia
- Belgium
- Denmark
- England
- France
- Germany
- Gibraltar
- Ireland
- Italy
- Malta
- Netherlands
- New Zealand
- Northern Ireland
- Portugal
- Spain
- Turkey
- West Malaysia
I also worked several WWFF park & SOTA activators in Europe.
Below is a list of those whom I worked.
SATURDAY
- VK2NCS – Sugarloaf Point lighthouse AU0033
- VK3DX – Lady Bay Upper & Lower lighthouses AU0049 & AU0096
- VK5ARC – Point Malcolm lighthouse AU0029
- VK2HBG – Warden Head lighthouse AU0035
- VK3SWV – Whaler’s Bluff lighthouse AU0117
- 9M4LHU – Puiau Undan lighthouse MY0017
- 9M4LHN – Tanjung Tuan/Rumah Api lighthouse
- VK6CLL – Cape Leewin lighthouse AU0008 & Leeuwin Naturaliste National Park VKFF-0283
- 9M4LBJ – Bukit Jugra lighthouse mY0006
- VK6CNL – Cape Naturaliste lighthouse & Leeuwin Naturaliste National Park VKFF-0283
- VK3/ZL1MVL – Cape Nelson lighthouse AU0055
- ZM2MF – Bean Rock lighthouse NZ0011
- VK5CJL – Cape Jervis lighthouse AU0094
- 9M4LBJ – Bukit Jugra lighthouse MY0006
- VK4GHL – Grassy Hill lighthouse AU0019
- VK4CQR – Sea Hill lighthouse AU0060
- GB4CL – Cromer Light, Norfolk UK0076
- IR3LH – Porto Piave Vecchia lighthouse IT0033
- 9H6SEL – St Elmo Grand Harbour West Breakwater MT0003
- EI1K – Cromwell Point lighthouse IE0001
- DA0OIE – Greifswaler OIE DE0009
- SQ2BXI/p – SPFF-1340
- TM2LW – Be Leger lighthouse FR0039
- M1EYP/p – SOTA G/ SP-015
- EG5FOM – Faro Oropesa de Mar lighthouse ES0056
- PA6OEL – Old Emmerloord lighthouse NL0029
- F6KMB – lighthouse FR0029
- OZ1NBG – Nordborg lighthouse DK0006
- ZB2LGT – Europa Point lighthouse GI0001
- GB1DLH – Dungeness Lighthouses old & new UK0059 & UK0060
- DL8ECA/p – DLFF-1255
- 9A/DJ1KW – Savudrija lighthouse HR0001
- DK0RA – ALtenbruch Unterfeur lighthouse DE0050
- DL0RWE – Old lighthouse Borkum DE0046
- GB2EL – Rahlin East, Low & High, UK0055 & UK0056
SUNDAY
- VK4BAR – Cleveland Point lighthouse AU0014
- ZL1FND – Cape Reinga lighthouse NZ0020
- DA0LCC – Altenbruch Oberfeur lighthouse DE0057
- TC7TR – Yoroz lighthouse TR0003
- GB2SL – Spurn Point High lighthouse UK0080
- DK5FF/p – DLFF-0040
- SQ9MDF – SOTA SP/ BZ-001 & SPFF-0002
- SQ2BXI/p – SPFF-0645
- VK6ADF – Cape Leewin lighthouse AU0008 & Leeuwin Naturaliste National Park VKFF-0283
- VK6CLL – Cape Leewin lighthouse AU0008 & Leeuwin Naturaliste National Park VKFF-0283
- F4HXJ/p – FFF-2188
- ON4RCO – Oosende ‘Lange Nelle’ BE0008
- GB1RP – Rue Point lighthouse UK0185
- ON9BD – ‘Westhinder 3’ lightship BE0006
- GB2WL – Rathlin West lighthouse UK0217
- CT2HOV/p – SOTA CT/ BT-008 & CTFF-0177
- MM7TKU/p – GM/ WS-318
- F4GYM/p – Cayeux-sur-Mer lighthouse FR0007
- DK0SN – Lightship ‘Elbe 3’ DE0150
- OZ4HAM – Hammeren lighthouse DK0015
- CS2SJB – Sao Juliao da Barra lighthouse PT0006
- F4IQU/p – FFF-0027
- GB2HLH – Hunstanton lighthouse UK0011
- PD0FSB – Ooserdijk Lighthouse de Ven NL0035
- EG1LWM – Faro Oropesa de Mar lighthouse ES0020
- CT7AUS/p – CTFF-0944
- EC2AG/p – SOTA EA2/ BI-073
- DL0HGW – Lighthouse Cape Arkona New Tower DE0002
- TM0BSM – Phare de Berck lighthouse FR0014




Below is a video of some of my ILLW contacts over the weekend.