Radio Amateurs members of Poldhu Amateur Radio Club will be active with special call GM100MPD, from Poldhu, England, commemorating call sign MPD from Marconi site, Poldhu, Cornwall.
They will operate on HF Bands.
Information:
The Wireless Station at Poldhu in Cornwall call sign ZZ sent a message to all British Merchant ships advising them of the outbreak of the First World War. The centenary was marked at Poldhu by the Poldhu Amateur Radio Club operating GB100ZZ from the site. During the war control of the station was passed from the Marconi Company to the Admiralty. Messages were sent to Merchant ships using code and the call sign MPD.
On Armistice Day 11th November 1918 Poldhu sent coded messages to Merchant ships using the call sign MPD to advise them that hostilities had ceased. Poldhu Amateur Radio Club will again be on air using GB100MPD to mark the end of the Great War and in memory of the hundreds of Wireless Operators who lost their lived in that conflict.
GB100MPD will be on air from November 9, 2018 to November 13, 2018 only. We hope to work as many of you as possible using mostly 40m ssb and 20m cw but other bands and modes may be used.
GB100MPD will be operated by members of the Poldhu Amateur Radio Club which is located at the Marconi Centre, Poldhu, Helston, Cornwall.
QSL via G3UCQ.
They will operate on HF Bands.
Information:
The Wireless Station at Poldhu in Cornwall call sign ZZ sent a message to all British Merchant ships advising them of the outbreak of the First World War. The centenary was marked at Poldhu by the Poldhu Amateur Radio Club operating GB100ZZ from the site. During the war control of the station was passed from the Marconi Company to the Admiralty. Messages were sent to Merchant ships using code and the call sign MPD.
On Armistice Day 11th November 1918 Poldhu sent coded messages to Merchant ships using the call sign MPD to advise them that hostilities had ceased. Poldhu Amateur Radio Club will again be on air using GB100MPD to mark the end of the Great War and in memory of the hundreds of Wireless Operators who lost their lived in that conflict.
GB100MPD will be on air from November 9, 2018 to November 13, 2018 only. We hope to work as many of you as possible using mostly 40m ssb and 20m cw but other bands and modes may be used.
GB100MPD will be operated by members of the Poldhu Amateur Radio Club which is located at the Marconi Centre, Poldhu, Helston, Cornwall.
QSL via G3UCQ.