'The Fathers of the Radio' Award

The Sala Consilina section of the Italian Amateur Radio organization ARI has founded the permanent award 'The Fathers of the Radio'.

The purpose of the diploma is to popularize the names and the work of those who before, during and after the time of Guglielmo Marconi, contributed to the invention and development of the Radio.

Awards are available to all amateurs and SWLs for having worked or heard all the 11 countries where the scientists were born. All the bands assigned to the Radio Amateur Service and all modes are allowed, satellites and WARC included.

There are 3 versions of the award:
1 HF - you must have contacted all the 11 countries,
2 50 MHz/VHF/UHF – 6 countries required to claim award
3 Satellite – also 6 countries required.

Countries list with scientists born there:

• Canada, VE – Reginald Fessenden

• Croatia, 9A –Nikola Tesla

• Denmark, OZ – Hans Christian Oersted

• France, F – Edouard Branly

• Germany, DF-DK-DL-DM – Heinrich Rudolf Hertz, Karl Ferdinand Braun, Adolf Staby

• India, VU – Jagdish Chandra Bose

• England, G-M – Michael Faraday, Oliver Lodge

• Italy, I – Guglielmo Marconi, Augusto Righi, Temistocle Calzecchi Onesti, Luigi Galvani

• Russia, RA-RZ-UA-UZ – Alexander Stepanovich Popov

• Scotland, GM – James Clerk Maxwell

• USA, A-K-N-W – Samuel Morse, David E. Hughes, Lee De Forest, Nathan Stubblefield.

To claim the award, QSL cards are not required but they must be in possession of the applicant and could be requested any time for checks. The fee is 10 Euro or 12 US dollars. To receive the award as registered mail please add 3 Euro or 4 dollars.

Applications must be sent to: ARI Sezione Sala Consilina, Sasella Postale 11, CAP 84036, Sala Consilina (SA), Italy.

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