[SFDXA] International Marconi Day 2019 is April 27 (UTC)

[Bill]

International Marconi Day 2019 is April 27 (UTC)
04/24/2019
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Some 70 stations have registered to take part in the 2019 International 
Marconi Day (*IMD* <http://gx4crc.com/gb4imd/>) observance on Saturday, 
April 27 (UTC). *Registered stations* <http://gx4crc.com/imd-stations/> 
will operate at sites with a personal connection to wireless pioneer 
Guglielmo Marconi, including sites at which he set up transmitting and 
receiving stations. The 24-hour Amateur Radio event celebrates the birth 
of Marconi on April 25, 1874, and is typically held on the Saturday 
closest to Marconi?s birthday. During IMD 2019, radio amateurs around 
the world will make contact with historic Marconi sites. The event is 
sponsored by the Cornish Radio Amateur Club, which will operate as GB4IMD.

While April 27 is the day of the official celebration, some IMD special 
events will take place outside of that time frame, although only 
contacts made on April 27 count for IMD awards. For example, in Austria, 
OE19M will be on the air from April 26 until April 28 as an official 
IMD. Numerous IMD stations will be on the air from various locations in 
Marconi?s native Italy. Stations in Ireland will include EI0MAR, which 
will operate from the Hurdy Gurdy Museum of Vintage Radio in Howth. The 
Marconi Company conducted telegraph testing at Dublin?s Martello Tower 
in 1905. Also participating from Ireland will be EI5IMD from the Cork 
Radio Club; EI0CAR from the Carndonagh ARC, and EI0YXQ from the Marconi 
Radio Site in Kerry.

Several US stations have registered as official IMD stations, including 
two on Cape Cod, where Marconi had established stations in Wellfleet and 
Chatham. In 1903, Marconi successfully transmitted messages between US 
President Teddy Roosevelt and King Edward VII of England. With rapid 
advances in technology, the station became outdated in a matter of a few 
years, and was replaced by a newer station in Chatham, Massachusetts. 
Others include special event K3S in Baltimore, sponsored by the Nuclear 
Ship Savannah Amateur Radio Club (K3SAV). VO1MD will be on the air from 
Signal Hill near St. John?s, Newfoundland, where Marconi first received 
a signal from across the Atlantic in 1901.

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