{"id":16469,"date":"2016-12-09T15:06:53","date_gmt":"2016-12-09T15:06:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/?p=16469"},"modified":"2016-12-12T17:05:36","modified_gmt":"2016-12-12T17:05:36","slug":"historic-transatlantic-contact","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/blog\/news\/gb2rs\/headlines\/2016\/12\/09\/historic-transatlantic-contact\/","title":{"rendered":"Historic transatlantic contact"},"content":{"rendered":"
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1BCG CW transmitting station in 1921<\/p><\/div>\n

On 11 December 2016 a special amateur radio event commemorated the 95th anniversary of the first transatlantic shortwave reception between Greenwich, Connecticut, and Ardrossan, Scotland.<\/strong><\/p>\n

On that day in 1921, a radio signal transmitted from a Radio Club of America (RCA) test station\u2014located in a small shack on the property of Minton Cronkhite, 1BCG in Greenwich\u2014was received in Ardrossen as part of a series of ARRL transatlantic tests.<\/p>\n

2ZE receiving station tent in 1921<\/p><\/div>\n

The special event included a two-way contact between N1BCG\u2014the commemorative call sign being used in Greenwich\u2014and GB2ZE, operated by Jason O\u2019Neill, GM7VSB, in Ardrossan. N1BCG sent the original 1921 message in CW:<\/p>\n

N1BCG: == PSE QRX FER MSG MSG
\n== HEARTY CONGRATULATIONS FM BURGHARD
\n== INMAN
\n== GRINAN
\n== ARMSTRONG
\n== AMY
\n== CRONKITE
\n== THE ORIGINAL OPS AT 1BCG<\/p>\n

The RSGB has been working with the BBC during the preparations and is delighted that the special event was given coverage on TV, radio, online and by other press too.<\/p>\n

RSGB Board member Len Paget, GM0ONX was interviewed by the media for their reports:
\nhttp:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-38262397<\/a> (BBC Scotland news starts at 3.55 and will only be available on 12 December)
\nhttp:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/programmes\/b083w3pq<\/a> (BBC Radio Scotland interview starts at 48.00 and includes the ARRL end of the contact too)
\nhttp:\/\/www.scotsman.com\/regions\/glasgow-strathclyde\/calling-ardrossan-radio-feat-marked-95-years-on-1-4314997<\/a> (Scotsman online report)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On 11 December 2016 a special amateur radio event commemorated the 95th anniversary of the first transatlantic shortwave reception between Greenwich, Connecticut, and Ardrossan, Scotland. On that day in 1921, a radio signal transmitted from a Radio Club of America (RCA) test station\u2014located in a small shack on the property of Minton Cronkhite, 1BCG in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20361,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[274,47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16469","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-front-page-news","category-headlines"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16469","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20361"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16469"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16469\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16469"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16469"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16469"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}