Crystal Radio Workshop and Marconi Re-enactment

Tuesday, Dec. 12, 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.

Signal Hill Road, St. John's

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.

To mark this date, a wireless station will be installed at the Geo Centre a few hundred metres from the site where Marconi conducted his famous 1901 experiment on Signal Hill.

At 11:30 we will be lecturing on Marconi and radio art and science. This will be followed by a workshop whereby participants will be constructing crystal radios.

At 12:25 PM 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 Institute of Electronics and Electrical Engineers.

Participating Organisations:

IEEE Newfoundland and Labrador

Johnson Geo Centre, Memorial University of Newfoundland

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. Geo is closed this day.

Presented by Johnson Geo Centre

Event Listing 2023-12-12 11:30:00 2023-12-12 13:30:00 America/St_Johns Crystal Radio Workshop and Marconi Re-enactment 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. To mark this date, a wireless station will be installed at the Geo Centre a few hundred metres from the site where Marconi conducted his famous 1901 experiment on Signal Hill. At 11:30 we will be lecturing on Marconi and radio art and science. This will be followed by a workshop whereby participants will be constructing crystal radios. At 12:25 PM 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 Institute of Electronics and Electrical Engineers. Participating Organisations: IEEE Newfoundland and Labrador Johnson Geo Centre, Memorial University of Newfoundland 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. Geo is closed this day. Signal Hill Road, St. John's Johnson Geo Centre