The Marconi Radio Club of Newfoundland (MRCN) and its sister club, the Poldhu Amateur Radio Club (PARC), in England will be commemorating Marconi’s first transatlantic wireless experiment in collaboration with the Institute of Electronics and Electrical Engineering (IEEE) and hosted by the Geo Centre.

This year marks the 150th birthday of Marconi and to mark this, a 2-way radio station will be installed at the Johnson Geo Centre, a few hundred metres from the site where Marconi conducted his famous 1901 experiment on Signal Hill.

At 10:45 we will be presenting on Marconi and radio art and science. This will be followed by a workshop in which participants will be constructing crystal
radios.

At 12:25pm we will attempt to establish a direct 2-way High Frequency radio contact with our colleagues in Poldhu to receive the letter ’S’ and send radio telegrams from Memorial University of Newfoundland and the NL section of the Institute of Electronics and Electrical Engineers.

Participating Organisations:

IEEE Newfoundland and Labrador
Johnson Geo Centre, Memorial University
Poldhu Amateur Radio Club, Cornwall, UK
Marconi Radio Club of Newfoundland

For further information please contact Dr Len Zedel at zedel@mun.ca or 709.693.6997.

Free event. Admission to the Johnson Geo Centre is not included.

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Location: Johnson Geo Centre

Date and Time: Thursday, Dec. 12 at 10:45 AM - 01:30 PM (NST)

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