[CW] 1BCG The Transatlantic Tests of 1921 Special Event

[David J. Ring, Jr.]

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        The Transatlantic Tests of 1921 Special Event

  * The 1BCG Special Event <http://1bcg.org/1BCG/>
  * The 1921 Transmitter
    <http://1bcg.org/1BCG/the-original-1bcg-transmitter/>
  * The 1996 Replica Transmitter
    <http://1bcg.org/1BCG/the-1996-replica-transmitter/>
  * The 2021 Special Event Transmitter
    <http://1bcg.org/1BCG/the-special-event-transmitter/>


    The 1BCG Special Event

2021 marks the 100th year anniversary of the historic Transatlantic 
Tests. On December 11, 2021 the American Radio Relay League, The Radio 
Club of America and the Antique Wireless Association will recreate these 
historic transmissions on 160 meters near the same location that was 
used in 1921, using a replica transmitter constructed by volunteers at 
the Antique Wireless Association. This special event is your opportunity 
to relive a historic moment in amateur radio history.

The operating schedule and frequency for the 1BCG Transatlantic Tests 
Special Event has not been established.

Additional details will be posted here when they are available.

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    Click an image for more information on the Transatlantic Tests

The Antique Wireless Association 
<https://www.antiquewireless.org/homepage/history-1921-12-11/>The 
Antique Wireless Association

THe American Radio Relay League <http://www.arrl.org/transatlantic>The 
American Radio Relay League

The Radio Club of America 
<https://www.radioclubofamerica.org/content.aspx?page_id=22&club_id=500767&module_id=475160>The 
Radio Club of America

<http://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Wireless-Age/Wireless-Age-1922-03.pdf>The 
Far Call by Paul Godley, page 17 in the March, 1922 Wireless Age

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        The Background Story

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    In 1921, on December 9, 10, 11, radio amateurs who were members of
    both the Radio Club of America (RCA) and the American Radio Relay
    League (ARRL) successfully spanned the Atlantic Ocean for the first
    time, from the United States to Ardrossan Scotland, with Morse code
    signals. Not only were the signals heard in Scotland, but also in
    Amsterdam Holland (3600 miles), England, Germany, Puerto Rico,
    Vancouver British Columbia in Canada, Catalina island California
    (2470 mi.), and the State of Washington.

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    The transmitter on the U.S. side, station 1BCG, was located in a 10
    ft. x 14 ft. wooden hut in a farmer’s field in Greenwich
    Connecticut. The transmitter had an input power of 990 watts, a T
    cage antenna, 100 feet long and 70 feet high with a radial
    counterpoise, and the wavelength used was 230 meters (1.3 MHz).

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    This Transatlantic Test Project, which was conceived of by radio
    amateurs, proved that even with modest equipment, the Atlantic Ocean
    could be spanned with shortwave signals, opening up improved
    communications for many more purposes. These "short" wavelengths
    below 200 meters had been considered useless by commercial and
    governmental interests, resulting in the Radio Act of 1912 banning
    amateur activity in the wavelengths longer than 200 meters. As a
    result of the successful efforts of radio amateurs in Transatlantic
    Test Project , over the last 100 years many experimenters and
    inventors became focused on continually improving wireless
    technologies and devices. The direct results of that inventing are
    the smart phones, smart watches, smart TVs, wireless Internet
    routers, GPS tracking devices, and Bluetooth headsets, all of which
    depend on wireless technologies. Those pioneers 100 years ago could
    never have envisioned the way society has been enabled and
    transformed by wireless!

  *
    View the AWA Classic Documentary
    of the Transatlantic Tests of 1921

  *
    <https://www.radioclubofamerica.org/content.aspx?page_id=22&club_id=500767&module_id=475160>

    <https://www.antiquewireless.org/homepage/history-1921-12-11/>

    <http://www.arrl.org/transatlantic>

  *
    <https://www.youtube.com/AntiqueWirelessMuseum>

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