Trans-Atlantic S2S QSO Party - 6th November

[M0WIV]

@DD5LP

Yes, I realise, but I wanted to draw the groups attention to this important anniversary, so close to the S2S dates.

I started a thread about this earlier in the year but didn’t get much response. I guess it just means folk who want to get involved should do their own thing. Nothing wrong with that.

A Couple of Anniversaries This Year

12 December 2021 is the 120th anniversary of Marconi’s first transatlantic radio signal but the day before, 11th December, is the 100th anniversary of the first shortwave transatlantic signal. In some ways the latter is the more interesting as the Marconi signal was generated by sparks and represented a technology which was a dead-end. The shortwave signal, from what I can work out from the photographs, was generated with valves and thus used effectively, the same method we use today. There’s …