THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF MARCONI'S HISTORIC

TRANS-ATLANTIC RADIO TRANSMISSION

December 11 - 16, 2001

The Marconi Radio Club, W1AA and The Falmouth Amateur Radio Association Amateur Radio operators are making plans to celebrate a Marconi world historical event. December 12, 2001 will mark the 100th anniversary of the first Trans-Atlantic radio transmission by Guglielmo Marconi. That signal was a series of " S S S  " transmitted on CW across the Atlantic from Poldhu, Cornwall England to St John's, Newfoundland. 

The Marconi Radio Club will be using the call sign W1AA/CC and will be operating from Cape Cod, Massachusetts, U.S.A. the location of Marconi's 1903 Trans-Atlantic radio station. Marconi's 1903 call sign was " C C "

See this link for times, frequencies and modes of operation for W1AA/CC.

http://www.qrz.com/database?callsign=w1aa

Bob Doherty K1VV