IT'S ON AGAIN !
INTERNATIONAL MARCONI DAY
EVENT STATIONS AROUND THE WORLD
AWARDS AND SPECIAL QSL's
News from the Cornish Amateur Radio Club in England indicates that preparations are well underway for the 2015 International Marconi Day to be held on Saturday April 25 between 0000 and 2359 hours UTC. Last year's event appeared to be highly successful and there were some fantastic looking QSL cards released by the participating stations in various parts of the world. In addition, the very attractive awards for both transmitting stations AND shortwave listeners are keenly sought by the participants.To give you an idea on what this activity is all about, here are a few details from the event organisers:
WHAT IS INTERNATIONAL MARCONI DAY?
International Marconi Day (IMD) is a 24-hour amateur radio event held annually to celebrate the birth of Guglielmo Marconi on the 25th 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 (see IMD Award).
IMD is held on a Saturday close to Marconi’s birthday when amateur radio stations are established around the world, operating from locations celebrating the original historic sites. These stations are known as the ‘Award Stations’ and are listed on this Web Site. The list is regularly updated close to the event as the various stations confirm their availability to operate.
Communications techniques have changed significantly since the days of Marconi’s first experiments, and today the Internet has become the most widely used of all communications media. However, the spirit of IMD remains basically that of making point-to-point contact between two stations using only the HF bands. The organising Committee of IMD has therefore decided that the use of the Internet to communicate between stations e.g. using the Internet Relay Linking Project (IRLP) or Echolink will not count towards the Award.
2015 will see the 28th International Marconi Day event take place. Who could have thought that a chance remark made in my shack in 1986 would have led to such a long running series of very special days with so many operators and Clubs taking the trouble to set up and run stations for the 24 hours of the event each year.
We have over the period had participants around England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland plus France, The Netherlands, Spain, Austria, Germany, Portugal, The USA, Canada, S.America, Australia and in the past S.Africa.
FOR 2015 THE DATE OF THE EVENT IS
25TH APRIL 2015 FROM 0000 TO 2359 UTC ON THE DAY.
The Cornish Radio Amateur Club offers two special Award Certificates for working authorised International Marconi Day Award Stations: one is for Transmitting Stations and the other for Short Wave Listeners.
Period of Operation on 25th April 2015: 0000 UTC to 2359 UTC
Qualifying Bands: All bands from 160 Metres to 10 Metres plus 500 KHz (Note: Contacts on 6 Metres and above will not count towards the Award)
MODES: CW, SSB, FM, AM and available Digital Modes
1. TRANSMITTING AMATEUR – FIXED STATION
2. TRANSMITTING AMATEUR – Mobile
3. TRANSMITTING AMATEUR – CW
4. TRANSMITTING AMATEUR – Digital Modes, e.g. AMTOR, PACTOR, RTTY, AX25, ASCII, PSK31 and SSTV
5. TRANSMITTING AMATEUR – Multi-Operator
6. SHORTWAVE LISTENERS
7. SHORTWAVE LISTENERS – CW
There is much more information on the awards, along with instructions on how to enter at the International Marconi Day website operated by GB4IMD, the Cornish Amateur Radio Club. Plus you can view some fabulous historical photographs and information on the great man himself. Go to:
http://g4usb.net/IMD/
73 and good luck in the event!
Rob VK3BVW
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