International Marconi Day - 23rd April 2005

Guglielmo Marconi

International Marconi Day (IMD) is a
24-hour amateur radio event held annually to celebrate the birth of Guglielmo Marconi on the 25th of April 1874.

The IMD event is not a contest, it is an opportunity for amateurs around the world to make point-to-point contact with historic Marconi sites using HF communications techniques similar to those used by Marconi, and to gain an attractive Award for achieving the requisite number of Marconi stations worked.

International Marconi Day is usually held on the Saturday closest to Marconi's birthday, when amateur radio stations are established and operated from or near original historic sites. This year, the event will take place on Saturday next, the 23rd of April. These stations are known as the 'Award Stations' and are listed on the IMD Web Site. The list is regularly updated as the various stations confirm their
availability to operate. For more information visit
gb4imd.co.uk.

Saturday 23 April is International Marconi Day, celebrating the 131st anniversary of the great man's birth on 25 April 1874. The event sees many international stations with connections with Marconi active on HF. The event is organised by the Cornish Radio Amateur Club, which will be operating G4IMD, from the Marconi Centre in Poldhu Cove, from where the first transatlantic transmission took place in 1901.

There are many awards available for working the special
event stations. More information is available on the
Cornish Radio Amateur Club's website http://www.gb4imd.co.uk/, including the list of Award
Stations.

The Martello Tower in Howth, which was once the site of a Marconi station, will be active on the day from the Vintage Radio Museum located in the tower. The call EI4BST will be used for the event. The museum is open from 11 to 4 on weekends and it is hoped to operate beyond these hours on that date. Why not drop by and visit the museum and perhaps operate the special Marconi station. The website of the museum is www.qsl.net/ei5em/museum.html.

EI4IMD in Clifden, Co. Galway is the only station
confirmed as being active on the GB4IMD Website.

Source: IRTS

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