Saturday 22nd April 2017 is International Marconi Day when stations around the world celebrate the birthday of Guglielmo Marconi.
It is also a good opportunity for you to gain a very nice certificate. All you have to do is work 15 award stations and send in a log extract - you don't need QSL cards.
I shall be helping to run GB0CMS again this year at Caister Lifeboat in Norfolk, UK.
There is short video that looks at the equipment the club used to make 165 contacts in 24 countries on Saturday 30 April 2011. And another for the 2012 event when we made more than 500 contacts.
See http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z41FLKaT7eY and
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8ZRW0q6SyI
To help UK stations work the requisite number of IMD stations I have prepared some HF propagation predictions. You can view these online.
You can find out more about IMD at: http://gx4crc.com/gb4imd/
To help UK stations work the requisite number of IMD stations I have prepared some HF propagation predictions. You can view these online.
You can find out more about IMD at: http://gx4crc.com/gb4imd/
Hi Steve, it is good see that people still talking about Marconi Day and helping HAMs to keep up their hobby. Actually speaking, Amateur Radio is face a slow natural death in the face technological advancement and high equipment costs. We, at HAM Tourism is trying our level best to keep this great hobby alive simply because we have realized the value of it as it helps the community in the following manner:
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b) Developing patience
c) Learning basic electrical/electronic lessons/earth sciences
d) Building relationships with fellow HAMs from various countries
e) Learning to use the Language
f) Learning Patience
g) Learning a hobby which will allow them to make as a career
If we do not introduce new thinking and new blood in to this sports, it will be the end of it as I mentioned above. In this quest we are helping HAMs to take this to the next generation though we are not HAMs. We are sure and beleive that HAMs will and should appreciate our efforts. Please visit our site when you have free time: https://www.hamtourism.com