K6KPH to be on the air for International Marconi Day

The Maritime Radio Historical Society has announced that K6KPH will be on the air Saturday, April 23, to participate in the annual International Marconi Day event.

Guglielmo Marconi

International Marconi Day takes place each year on the weekend closest to the birthday
of wireless pioneer Guglielmo Marconi. The event is organized by the Cornish Amateur Radio Club, which offers awards to stations
in various classes.

K6KPH uses the original transmitters, receivers and antennas of well-known former RCA coast station KPH. The transmitters are located at the transmitting station established by the American Marconi Company in 1913 at Bolinas, California. The receivers and operators will be at the KPH receiving station about 20 miles north at Point Reyes.

K6KPH transmitting frequencies will be 7050, 14,050,
18,097.5 and 21,050 kHz and possibly 3545 kHz.
The primary transmitters will be 1950s-vintage RCA "L" sets with more modern Henry 5000D HF transmitters acting as backup. Power output will be 1.5 kW on all frequencies. Antennas are double extended Zepps on 3.5 and 7 MHz, and H over 2s on 14, 18 and 21 MHz. K6KPH will begin operations at 1700 UTC on April 23.

The International Marconi Day event runs from 0000 until 2359 UTC. Former KPH, KFS and NMC ops will be among those at the key. K6KPH ops will use "commercial" practices and procedures much as possible to give amateurs the experience of working a real coast station.

QSLs and reception reports go to D.A. Stoops, PO Box 381, Bolinas, CA 94924-0381.

Richard Dillman, W6AWO

Marconi operations set from Massachusetts, New Jersey, Newfoundland

Additional special event operations have been announced for International Marconi Day (IMD), Saturday, April 23, 0000-2359 UTC (NOTE: Event begins the evening of Friday, April 22, in US time zones!). Members of the Marconi Radio Club will operate as W1AA/MSC to commemorate the Marconi 1901 Nantucket ship-to-shore station MSC.

Operation will be CW only, 7040-7050 kHz and 14,040-14,050 kHz. DX stations QSL to W1AA via the W1-QSL Bureau. US stations QSL direct via W1AA, and include an SASE. Members of the Ocean-Monmouth Amateur Radio Club in New Jersey will operate N2MO on the Novice/Tech and General subbands on CW, SSB and possibly digital modes. N2MO will be located adjacent to the old Marconi Hotel in Wall Township. A certificate is available.
QSL to Steve Hajducek, N2CKH, Ocean-Monmouth ARC, PO Box 267, Oakhurst, NJ 07755.

From Newfoundland, Joe Craig, VO1NA, reports that Marconi Radio Club of Newfoundland station VO1MRC will attempt to work GB2GM at the Marconi site in Poldhu, Cornwall, during IMD 2005. VO1BZM and VO1MCE are expected to be on the air as well. A certificate is available for logging the requisite number of Marconi "Award Stations." W1AA, N2MO, GB2GM, VO1BZM, VO1MCE, and K6KPH (see "K6KPH tobe on the air for International Marconi Day" elsewhere on this page) are among the official IMD 2005 Award Stations. For more information on this event, visit the Web site.

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