03/22/2024

This year, International Marconi Day (IMD) is on April 27. Italian inventor and
electrical engineer Guglielmo Giovanni Maria Marconi was born on April 25,
1874, and is credited for inventing the radiotelegraph system, creating
Marconi's law, and sending the first wireless transmission over the open sea.

IMD was created to honor Marconi and is hosted annually by the Cornish Radio
Amateur Club[1], GX4CRC. The purpose of the day is for amateur radio
enthusiasts around the world to contact historic Marconi sites using
communication techniques similar to those that he would have used.  

The 24-hour event will operate from 0000 UTC to 2359 UTC, and registration is
required. Participants can register at GX4CRC's registration web page[2].  

Stations in the United States, including Marconi Cape Cod Radio Club, KM1CC, in
Massachusetts, are already registering for the event. KM1CC hosts several
on-air events each year to keep the accomplishments and story of Marconi and
his wireless station site in South Wellfleet alive. In 1975, the Wellfleet
station was listed as a National Historic Landmark on the National Register of
Historic Places and is now part of Cape Cod National Seashore, a unit of the
National Park Service. When possible, KM1CC sets up a temporary radio station
inside the park. More information about KM1CC is available on their Facebook[3]
page.

[1] http://gx4crc.com/
[2] https://gx4crc.com/imd/imd-registration/
[3] https://www.facebook.com/KM1CC/

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