ARLA/CLUSTER: VP8VPC desde as ilhas Falkland, na 28ª comemoração do Dia Internacional de Marconi

[João Costa > CT1FBF]

Special events to mark International Marconi Day

The ARRL report that Saturday, April 25, is the 28th International
Marconi Day (IMD), organized by the Cornish Radio Amateur Club

IMD recognizes the anniversary of the birth of wireless pioneer
Guglielmo Marconi, born on April 25, 1874. Participating stations are
expected to be on the air during the period 0000 to 2400 UTC (ie,
starting the evening of Friday, April 24, in US time zones). The
occasion offers an opportunity to contact historic Marconi-related
radio sites around the world on HF.

Among stations planning to be on the air is VP8VPC in the Falkland
Islands. The VPC suffix recalls the call sign of the Marconi spark
transmitters in Stanley. The 150 kW transmitter built in 1915 fed
seven 305-foot masts and operated on 60-70 kHz. It was the most remote
and most powerful station in the Royal Navy's First World War network
of stations. After the war VPC handled commercial message traffic to
South America.

Certificate information and additional details are on the IMD website
http://www.gb4imd.org.uk/

Source ARRL
http://www.arrl.org/news/amateur-radio-special-events-to-mark-international-marconi-day-april-25

International Marconi Day at Sandford Mill
http://www.southgatearc.org/news/2015/april/
international_marconi_day_at_sandford_mill.htm