On Friday, December 12, between 10:45am and 1:30pm, the Marconi Radio Club of Newfoundland (MRCN) and its sister club, the Poldhu Amateur Radio Club (PARC) in England will be commemorating Marconi’s first transatlantic wireless experiment in collaboration with the Institute of Electronics and Electrical Engineering (IEEE) and hosted by the Memorial University's Johnson Geo Centre.
This year is the 124th anniversary of Marconi’s first transatlantic wireless experiment and, to mark this, a 2-way radio station will be installed at the Johnson Geo Centre a few hundred metres from the site where Marconi conducted his famous 1901 experiment on Signal Hill.
At 10:45am, we will be presenting on Marconi and radio art and science. This will be followed by a workshop whereby participants will be constructing crystal radios.
Between 12:00 and 12:25pm, we will exchange greetings with colleagues in Villa Griffone, Cape Cod, and Glace Bay via Amateur Radio.
At 12:25pm, we will attempt to establish a direct 2-way High Frequency radio contact with our colleagues in Poldhu to receive the letter ’S’ and send radio telegrams from officials of the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador, Memorial University, and the NL section of the IEEE.
Participating Organisations:
IEEE Newfoundland and Labrador
Johnson Geo Centre, Memorial University of Newfoundland
Physics and Physical Oceanography
Faculty of Engineering
Poldhu Amateur Radio Club, Cornwall UK
Marconi Radio Club of Newfoundland
Sydney Amateur Radio Club
Marconi Cape Cod Radio Club
Fondazione Guglielmo Marconi
Free event. Admission to the Johnson Geo Centre is not included.
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