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ARLX002 30th International Marconi Day Event Set for April 22
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Special Bulletin 2 ARLX002
> From ARRL Headquarters
Newington CT April 5, 2017
To all radio amateurs
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ARLX002 30th International Marconi Day Event Set for April 22
Dozens of official "award stations" have registered to take part in the 2017
International Marconi Day (IMD) event, this year being held on April 22,
0000-2359 UTC (starting on April 21 in US time zones). All contacts counting
toward the Marconi Award must be made on HF with registered stations, but other
participating stations do not need to be registered to claim awards. This year
marks the 30th IMD, held each year to mark the anniversary of wireless pioneer
Guglielmo Marconi's birth on April 25, 1874. IMD is observed each year on a
Saturday close to Marconi's birthday. Many special event stations - some
operating from Marconi-related sites - will be on the air. Marconi Award
certificates are available for both transmitting stations and shortwave
listeners (SWLs).
The event is not a contest but an opportunity for amateurs around the world to
make point-to-point contact with historic Marconi sites using HF communication
techniques descended from those used by Marconi, and to earn an award
certificate for working or hearing a requisite number of Marconi stations.
There are two categories. Transmitting amateurs attempt to complete contacts
with 15 of the official award stations, while shortwave listeners attempt to
log two-way communications made by 15 of the official award stations.
International Marconi Day special event station GB4IMD will be on the air from
Cornwall, helmed by members of the Cornish Amateur Radio Club, which organizes
the IMD event. Cornwall was home to some of Marconi's early work. A list of
participating stations is on the Cornish Amateur Radio Club's website at,
http://gx4crc.com/imd-stations/ .
The Kerry Amateur Radio Group in Ireland will be taking part as an IMD award
station. EI6YXQ will be set up on the site of the former Marconi Station at
Ballybunion. The YXQ suffix commemorates the call sign of the Marconi Station
at Ballybunion.
In the US, special event station K2M will be on the air from Binghamton, New
York, the site of the remaining Marconi tower, where the inventor demonstrated
in 1913 that it was possible to communicate via radio with a fast-moving train.
For the seventh year, radio amateurs in Norfolk, England, will be active from
Caister Lifeboat as part of the IMD celebration. The Norfolk Amateur Radio Club
(NARC) will be on the air from special
event station GB0CMS at the Caister Lifeboat Visitor Centre to commemorate the
village's original Marconi wireless station, established in 1900. The station's
original purpose was to communicate with ships in the North Sea and the Cross
Sands lightship.
Other IMD sites with historical links to the inventor's work include Cape Cod,
Massachusetts (WA1WCC and KM1CC); Nantucket Island (W1AA/MSC); Glace Bay, Nova
Scotia (VE1IMD); Villa Griffone, Bologna, Italy (IY4FGM), and many others.
A Facebook page is also available at,
https://www.facebook.com/search/top/?q=gb4imd .
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