[Corkradioclub] Marconi Day on Saturday, 20 April

[Timothy McKnight]

Hi Cormac,

The Marconi Day sponsors (www.gb4imd.com) show one 24-hour GMT day every
year as International Marconi Day, and I don't know what they think about
contacts outside of those days since contacts on that day qualify for IMD
awards.  However, our licence will last at least for the weekend Friday to
Sunday.  I've asked ComReg to issue the call sign on a permanent basis this
year and not just for the weekend as before.  So during Sunday we will be
able to use the call sign assuming the station is still assembled.

In 2011 we decided to break camp on Sat afternoon because of very high
winds, but last year we stayed until Sunday morning.  So hopefully we can
do that again so that you could come Sun morning and operate at least a
short while.  Even if conditions are bad on the Sunday, you will still be
very welcome at the very least for some post-op camaraderie.  Anyone else
is welcome on the Friday or Saturday or even Sunday--even if they can't
stay for the whole time.

By the way, the www.gb4imd.com web site has some very interesting posts by
other stations around the world that are taking part in Marconi Day--well
worth a look to see what company we are keeping.

Tim


On 23 March 2013 20:13, Cormac Gebruers <ei4hq.mail at gmail.com> wrote:

> Tim,
>
> Thanks for being proactive! I was planning on coming down on Sunday as I
> thought the event was running on both the Saturday and Sunday.
> Unfortunately I'm stuck in Cork on Friday and Saturday as we're hosting two
> major events at work that week including the European Space Agency annual
> conference which is one of the official events of the Irish EU Comission
> Presidency; it's going to be a crazy few days :-(
>
> I won't be able to leave Cork until Sunday morning; how is Sunday likely to
> play out based on pervious years? If I was to leave Cork at, say 7am, will
> it be worth the trip?
>
> BR
> Cormac, EI4HQ
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>
> On 20 March 2013 22:58, Timothy McKnight <ei2ka.tim at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi Gents,
> >
> > With Patrick's Day behind us and Easter just around the corner, it's time
> > to start thinking about Marconi Day on Brow Head.  It's not a contest but
> > more like a very popular special event station.  If you've never been
> > there, the setting is spectacular.
> >
> > This year it's on Saturday, 20 April, and as usual we will need to set up
> > on the Friday afternoon and pack up on Sunday morning.  In 2011 there
> were
> > about ten of us so we operated two stations and made about 2000 QSOs.
>  Last
> > year some members were at the IRTS AGM on the same weekend, so two of us
> > running one station made about 500 QSOs.  With no AGM conflict this
> year, I
> > hope we can better our 2011 numbers and again run at least two stations.
> >
> > But we need operators and hands to help set up and take down.  So I'm
> > asking for a show of hands as to who thinks they may join us--even if for
> > only part of the weekend.
> >
> > Also, we have only one caravan so far but need at least two in case the
> > weather gets nasty.  If you can bring yours, please let me know.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Tim Ei2KA
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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