<div dir="ltr"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:medium"><tbody style="box-sizing:border-box"><tr style="box-sizing:border-box"><td style="box-sizing:border-box"><div id="gmail-story" style="box-sizing:border-box;width:612.8px;font-size:16px;height:auto;float:left"><h1 style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:16pt">IMD station on-the-air from Australia</h1><p style="box-sizing:border-box">This Saturday, April 27 is <strong style="box-sizing:border-box">International Marconi Day</strong>, and HADARC will be operating <strong style="box-sizing:border-box">VK2IMD</strong>, the only IMD station in Australasia.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box">This is because the first direct radio message from the UK to Australia,<br style="box-sizing:border-box">sent by Marconi&#39;s station in north-west Wales was received at Wahroonga.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box">Listen for VK2IMD on a range of HF bands from 10 am Eastern time, Saturday; until 10 the next morning.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box">For WIA National News, this is Julian VK2YJS &amp; AG6LE.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box">Hornsby &amp; Districts ARC IMD page:<br style="box-sizing:border-box"><a href="https://www.hadarc.org.au//imd.html" target="_blank" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,51,102);text-decoration-line:none">https://www.hadarc.org.au//imd.html</a></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box">Global IMD stations list:<br style="box-sizing:border-box"><a href="http://gx4crc.com/imd-stations/" target="_blank" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,51,102);text-decoration-line:none">http://gx4crc.com/imd-stations/</a></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box"><a href="http://www.wia.org.au/" target="_blank" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,51,102);text-decoration-line:none">Wireless Institute of Australia</a></p></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div>