Marconi Day success on 500kHz

This year, on Marconi Day, a Marconi official station using Marconi equipment completed a radio contact that was similar to those Marconi himself achieved many years ago.

During the late hours of Friday 24 April and the early hours of Saturday 25 April, GB4FPR was operated from the Fort Perch Rock Marine Radio Museum in the Wirral.

Using a newly obtained 501kHz to 504kHz NOV licence, they managed a transatlantic QSO on 502kHz with a station in St. John's, Newfoundland.

The operators used Marconi marine equipment and Morse and received a 539 report from V01MRC. It was a crossband QSO with GB4FPR transmitting 1 watt ERP on 502kHz and receiving the Canadian station on 3566kHz.

Fort Perch Rock was built as a coastal defence battery during the Napoleonic period to protect the Port of Liverpool. It is open all year round and features museums, exhibitions and a tea-room

Source: GB2RS News