2MT Writtle - The Birth of British Broadcasting

This year is the 90th Anniversary of regular broadcasts in the UK and Tim Wander G6GUX has published a new book on the subject.

January 15, 1920 saw the first broadcasts from MZX in Chelmsford and June 15 will be the 90th anniversary of the famous Dame Nellie Melba broadcast. This was followed on February 14, 1922 by the start of broadcasts from the famous 2MT station at Writtle.

On March 3 Tim gave a presentation on the birth of broadcasting at at the Cramphorn Theatre, Chelmsford. Among those attending was the Mayor and Mayoress, Friends of the Museum, members of the Marconi Veterans Association and Chelmsford Amateur Radio Society (CARS). During the presentation Tim showed many of the new photographs he had found while researching his forthcoming book.

Tim G6GUX wrote his first book on the subject in 1988 and the first print run sold out within a year. The completely rewritten and revised new edition benefits from 21 years more research, the internet and modern technology, and now has over 200 photographs, many previously unpublished.

It is due out on April 10, 2010 and will be available via his website at: http://www.2mtwrittle.com/
The first 300 books will be numbered and signed by the author.

An MP3 of a dramatisation called 'Two Emma Toc, Writtle' written by Tim Wander G6GUX and Dennis Rookard is available from the Talking Bookstore
http://www.talking-book-store.com/title.aspx?titleid=392

The famous 2MT callsign was reactivated by members of the Chelmsford Amateur Radio Society (CARS) during December 2001 to commemorate the centenary of the transmission of a Wireless Telegraphy signal across the Atlantic by Marconi.
Further details at http://www.g0mwt.org.uk/new-street/

90 years of British Broadcasting 1920 – 2010
http://www.southgatearc.org/news/january2010/
90_years_of_british_broadcasting.htm