Re: ARLA/CLUSTER: Estação comemorativa do Dia Internacional de Marconi realiza mais de 100 contactos com 26 entidades

[Gmt]

*" Caister Marconi radio station contacts more than 100 amateurs in 26
countries"*
Mas que grande feito esta estação conseguiu!
Deve ser *record* absluto.
Mais do que um Diploma merece uma condecoração!

73
António Gamito
CT1CZT



2018-04-23 16:22 GMT+01:00 João Costa > CT1FBF <ct1fbf  gmail.com>:

> Caister Marconi radio station contacts more than 100 amateurs in 26
> countries
>
> Radio hams at Caister Lifeboat in Norfolk managed to contact 116 other
> radio amateurs in 23 different countries on Saturday 22nd April 2018 when
> they took part in the annual *International Marconi Day* (IMD) event to
> mark the inventor's birthday.
>
> Using the call GB0CMS and a mixture of Morse code, telephony (speech) and
> data (FT8), contacts were made with other radio amateurs across the UK,
> Europe, and the USA.
>
> Notable contacts were made with other IMD stations in Italy, Ireland,
> Weston-Super-Mare and Poldhu, Cornwall – home of the Marconi Centre from
> where the inventor made the first transatlantic transmission in 1901.
>
>
> Chris Danby (callsign G0DWV) on the microphone, chats to another radio
> amateur during International Marconi Day while Roger Cooke G3LDI looks on
>
> The *Norfolk Amateur Radio Club* (NARC) ran the all-day special event
> station at Caister Lifeboat to commemorate the village's original Marconi
> Wireless Station, which was established at Caister in 1900. The station was
> in a house in the High Street known as Pretoria Villa and its original
> purpose was to communicate with ships in the North Sea and the Cross Sands
> lightship.
>
> On Saturday, the closest to Guglielmo Marconi's birthday, stations around
> the world are set up at sites with historical links to the inventor's work.
> These include Poldhu in England; Cape Cod Massachusetts; Glace Bay, Nova
> Scotia; Villa Griffone, Bologna, Italy and many others.
>
> Visitors to the station including many other local radio amateurs and
> members of the public.
>
> NARC public relation officer Steve Nichols, who organised the event, said:
> “Conditions weren’t brilliant due to a major solar disturbance, but we were
> still able to cross the Atlantic on three occasions.
>
> “ We made contacts with other radio enthusiasts all over Europe and as far
> as Asiatic Russia using speech, Morse code and a new highly-efficient FT8
> digital mode that Marconi could have only dreamed of.
>
> “We never used more than 100 Watts power – about the same as an
> incandescent light bulb.
>
> “ Our thanks go to Caister Lifeboat again for letting us set up the
> station.�
> ------------------------------
>
> The equipment used was 100W maximum from an Icom IC-7400 (20m) and an Icom
> IC-7300 (80/40/30m). Antennas were a W5GI dipole on 40m and G0KYA-designed
> monoband end-fed half-wave verticals for HF. The FT8 digital mode was used
> for the first time to show what can be worked with just 20-25W.
>
>
> * About Norfolk Amateur Radio Club:*The club has more than 100 members, a
> strong history dating back to the 1950s and has a very active calendar of
> talks, events, special event stations and courses.
>
> It meets at 7.00pm on Wednesdays at the Sixth Form Common Room, City of
> Norwich School, Eaton Road, Norwich, Norfolk, NR4 6PP, with formal
> proceedings starting at 7.45pm.
>
> The programme alternates weekly between talks or club challenges, and
> informal meetings with Morse tuition, electronic construction and “Bright
> Sparks� events for youngsters.
>
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