[FARC] Marconi Wireless Centennial Info

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Forwarding info from Bob K1VV   

73, Bob K9CMR

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    KM1CC - MARCONI WIRELESS CENTENNIAL � January 11-19, 2003 

Celebrating The 100th Anniversary of Guglielmo Marconi�s First Wireless
transmission between
the United States and Europe on January 11 � 19, 2003.
 
>From atop high, sandy cliffs overlooking the Atlantic, Marconi
transmitted a simple, 54-word
greeting from President Theodore Roosevelt to Great Britain�s King
Edward VII. Within hours, the
King acknowledged receiving the message, and the spark of global
communications was lit.  
 
The Marconi Radio Club, W1AA, and the Marconi Cape Cod Memorial Radio
Club, KM1CC,
working in partnership with the National Park Service at Cape Cod
National Seashore, will
operate a Special Event station from January 11-19 at the former Coast
Guard station at Coast
Guard Beach in Eastham, Massachusetts, from near the site of the
original Marconi 1903 Station.
>From 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. each day, the public will be able to tour
the station, listen to voice and
Morse Code discussions with other radio operators around the world, and
learn about wireless
technology and the significance of Marconi�s achievement. For Details
See:
http://personal.tmlp.com/k1vv/w1aa
www.bumpermorgan.com/airchecks/spectrum-marconi.mp3
 
January 18, 2003 will mark the centennial of Marconi�s groundbreaking
transatlantic wireless
transmission with a reenactment of this historic scientific achievement,
rivaling the Wright
Brother's first flight at Kitty Hawk.
 
Marconi�s daughter Princess Elettra Marconi is scheduled to attend the
event. 
 
KM1CC will transmit a PRESIDENTIAL Commemorative message  from President
George W.
Bush on January 18, 2003.
 
NASA International Space Station Link � Selected Students from three
Cape Cod High Schools
(Cape Cod Vocational Technical High School-Harwich, Provincetown High
School- Nauset
Regional High School) will communicate with astronauts aboard the
orbiting International Space
Station.  
 
KM1CC on ARRL web page:
http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2002/12/23/1/?nc=1
 
For a complete events calendar, go to http://www.nps.gov/caco and click
on �In Depth,� then �News.�  
 
Bob Doherty K1VV
Pres. Marconi Radio Club W1AA 
http://personal.tmlp.com/k1vv/w1aa
k1vv@tmlp.com