From
Tony N2MFT:
Elettra
Back On Air!
- eleventh edition – June 7 and 8, 2025
Amateur Radio Activation of “Elettra“ yacht relic
SPECIAL MARCONIAN STATION CALLSIGN
I Y 4 R X O
Villa Griffone (Marconi's birthplace) - Pontecchio Marconi, Bologna (ITALY)
- With the sponsorship of the “Guglielmo Marconi Foundation” and "Marconi Museum"-
- eleventh edition – June 7 and 8, 2025
Amateur Radio Activation of “Elettra“ yacht relic
SPECIAL MARCONIAN STATION CALLSIGN
I Y 4 R X O
Villa Griffone (Marconi's birthplace) - Pontecchio Marconi, Bologna (ITALY)
- With the sponsorship of the “Guglielmo Marconi Foundation” and "Marconi Museum"-
Dear
President / Board of Directors,
A.R.I. Fidenza Radio Club (A.R.I. Italian Amateur Radio Association, IARU affiliated), organizes the eleventh edition of a technical – cultural event, hold at the seat of the Guglielmo Marconi Foundation (Villa Griffone, Marconi's birthplace – Pontecchio Marconi , Bologna – Italy) on Saturday, June 7 and Sunday, June 8.th, 2025.
Aim of this event is to highlight at an international level the historical value and meaning of the Yacht “Elettra”, the moving laboratory of the great Italian scientist, onboard of which a number of very important experiments on the radiocommunications were conducted.
Over the whole weekend, the radioamateurs of the A.R.I. Fidenza group will operate a radio station located close to the relict keel of the yacht “Elettra”, kept at the Museum, and will ideally give new life to its “voice", allowing the radioamateurs overall in the world to get in contact with it.
The radio contacts will be operated using the SPECIAL MARCONIAN STATION CALLSIGN I Y 4 R X O
We believe that is mainly interest all Ham Radio operators, so please notify it to your associated OM and /or your webmaster/website.
All details at official website:
www.arifidenza.it
Best regards.
A.R.I. Fidenza Radio Club (A.R.I. Italian Amateur Radio Association, IARU affiliated), organizes the eleventh edition of a technical – cultural event, hold at the seat of the Guglielmo Marconi Foundation (Villa Griffone, Marconi's birthplace – Pontecchio Marconi , Bologna – Italy) on Saturday, June 7 and Sunday, June 8.th, 2025.
Aim of this event is to highlight at an international level the historical value and meaning of the Yacht “Elettra”, the moving laboratory of the great Italian scientist, onboard of which a number of very important experiments on the radiocommunications were conducted.
Over the whole weekend, the radioamateurs of the A.R.I. Fidenza group will operate a radio station located close to the relict keel of the yacht “Elettra”, kept at the Museum, and will ideally give new life to its “voice", allowing the radioamateurs overall in the world to get in contact with it.
The radio contacts will be operated using the SPECIAL MARCONIAN STATION CALLSIGN I Y 4 R X O
We believe that is mainly interest all Ham Radio operators, so please notify it to your associated OM and /or your webmaster/website.
All details at official website:
www.arifidenza.it
Best regards.
Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW - E-mail addresses:
<[email protected]> and<[email protected]>
Editor of the Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin (OPDX - DXer's Tool of Excellence)
President of the "Northern Ohio DX Association" (NODXA)
DX Advisor for the "Northern Ohio Amateur Radio Society
Past ARRL Assistant Director of the Great Lakes Division (1996-2022)
Sysop of the "Basic Amateur Radio Frequency BBS" (BARF80.ORG)
<[email protected]> and<[email protected]>
Editor of the Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin (OPDX - DXer's Tool of Excellence)
President of the "Northern Ohio DX Association" (NODXA)
DX Advisor for the "Northern Ohio Amateur Radio Society
Past ARRL Assistant Director of the Great Lakes Division (1996-2022)
Sysop of the "Basic Amateur Radio Frequency BBS" (BARF80.ORG)