[CW] Recollection of 100th Centennial of Marconi "S"

[Bill Lanahan]

On Wed, May 20, 2020 at 1:19 AM D.J.J. Ring, Jr. <n1ea at arrl.net> wrote:

> Some Canadians received permission to use Spark transmission (Mode B) on
> the Marconi 2001 Centennial of crossing the Atlantic by radio. Here are
> some recordings of that event. Earl Korf, K2IC and myself stood by on
> frequency ready to work the station but it was intended to be a one way
> event! All we heard was "Marconi dot dot dot" but that's exactly what was
> sent. Earl was in Northern New Jersey as I was in Green Harbor, near
> Plymouth, Massachusetts. Quite a distance for real spark.
>
>
> Here are a few recordings made at the time of the centennial of the
> trans-Atlantic spark transmission by Marconi.
>
> http://qsl.net/n1ea/spark/dec12.wav
> <https://lm.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fqsl.net%2Fn1ea%2Fspark%2Fdec12.wav%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR3jAClkEFR6v4vangHHCUYFQI9LZXJWdVKT0F7xIR5gRJPjbMbr1Kaj8Gw&h=AT0bfYPte6qET1sjUlSaMnsVJvghptg6Wy99tIv6nfEzy1VnuC06JEzePDxRBaDM8qKV3lpArUbRJtTnRiCx4IQ_eXuM1ZTzsHHcfIUVp7KjajLNeYtvqdFGfRgy-BpWlSUmEbemDd4HpvQE8I8>
> http://qsl.net/n1ea/spark/spark.mp3
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> http://qsl.net/n1ea/spark/ve3bbn12dec01-1.mp3
> <https://lm.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fqsl.net%2Fn1ea%2Fspark%2Fve3bbn12dec01-1.mp3%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR0qnKZjGkv7oF3km9OBk0a_cAKxHiRexVz35j7Wlv9gO6UHn6b4lo-jG2k&h=AT1OalAQr42uClcmA-BBaZ_xho0B9QuGVvOPiY45oT8W0Z2TbjsYXR2UyiZtUcRdaNUNwYeS5aUhf1g_tFPSLk8atn8Lpnw6NutBbYGc3aC_94bopP8mqEG5pypnkDNLkRoJDX7Yh4kHBD75aEw>
> http://qsl.net/n1ea/spark/ve3bbn12dec01-2.mp3
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>
> The one spark.mp3 appears to be close enough to hear the musical note of
> the spark. Probably done by diode detection at the VE3BBN site.
>
> More info here: https://www.qsl.net/g4rfr/marconi.htm
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>
> 73
> DR
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