[SFDXA] ARLX009 Special Event, ARISS Contact To Mark Transmission Centennial

[Bill Marx]

> ZCZC AX09
> QST de W1AW  
> Special Bulletin 9  ARLX009
> From ARRL Headquarters  
> Newington CT  December 27, 2002
> To all radio amateurs 
> 
> SB SPCL ARL ARLX009
> ARLX009 Special Event, ARISS Contact To Mark Transmission Centennial
> 
> Special event station KM1CC will be on the air January 11-19, 2003,
> to mark the 100th anniversary of Guglielmo Marconi's inaugural
> wireless transmission between the US and Great Britain January 18,
> 1903.
> 
> Marconi used a 35 kW rotary spark transmitter and a massive antenna
> system to transmit a 54-word greeting from President Theodore
> Roosevelt to England's King Edward VII. The monarch promptly
> acknowledged receipt of the message via land line and cable.
> 
> The special event will take place at the former Coast Guard station
> at Coast Guard Beach in Eastham, Massachusetts, which is near the
> original Marconi site. Operation will include several amateur modes,
> including SSB, CW, FM, digital and satellite. The special event
> station will open to the public from 9 AM until 5 PM EST
> (1400-2200z), but operating will take place 24 hours a day.
> 
> An Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) school
> contact is to be scheduled during the weeklong celebration. Selected
> students from three Cape Cod high schools will speak via KM1CC with
> a member of the new Expedition 6 ISS crew.
>  
> Marconi's daughter, Princess Elettra Marconi, is scheduled to attend
> the a reenactment of the groundbreaking wireless transmission on
> January 18, when KM1CC will transmit the text of Roosevelt's
> original message to King Edward VII.
> 
> Additional details are on the Marconi Radio Club Web site at
> http://personal.tmlp.com/k1vv/w1aa .
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> /EX