[HCRA] Fwd: Marconi 100th Anniversay

[Steve Rodowicz]

FYI

>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 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