International Marconi Day (IMD) 21st April 2001 
A total of 265 contacts were made using GB4JAM on IMD this year. 
Equipment used :- 
Yaseau FT101ZD providing typically 80 watts into a ¼ wave ground plane 
vertical for 20m. 
The base of 20m vertical was 16ft above ground, with 3, ¼ wave ground radials. 
The antenna was as used in previous years, except not on 2 poles i.e. 32 ft up.
Kenwood TS680S providing typically 90 watts into either an ATU, and then long 
wire (all bands), or a ¼ wave ground plane vertical for 15m. 
The long wire is 200ft long, average height 15ft above ground, one end about 
20ft. 
The base of 15m vertical is 15ft above ground and has 4, ¼ wave ground radials,
 but they are next to buildings. 
Voice on ssb was used. 
The following IMD stations were contacted : 
GX4CRC the organising club in Cornwall, just before midnight, then :- 
DA0IMD, GB0MD Rochester, GB2OWM Orkney, GX0MWT Chelmsford, IY1MR, OE75M Vienna,
 VO1IMD Newfoundland, W2RC/IMD New York, WA2GM Fort Mamoth, WJ2DX/P Somerset 
NJ. 
Another unusual station contacted was 3V8SM on Java Isle. 
The following 29 countries were contacted :- 
3V8 Java Isle 
5A1A Albania 
9H3 Gozo Isle 
9K2 Kuwait 
CT1 Portugal 
D Germany 
EA Spain 
EI Ireland 
F France 
G, M UK 
H Hungary 
HK0 Colombia 
I Italy 
LA Norway 
OE Austria 
OK Czech Rep 
OM Slovakia 
ON Belgium 
PA Holland 
R Russia 
SM Sweden 
SP Poland 
UA Ukraine 
VE Canada 
W, K, N USA 
YO3 Romania 
YL2 Latvia 
YT1 Montenegro 
YV5 Venezuela 
ZS5 S Africa