International Marconi Day celebrates the career of Italian wireless communications pioneer Guglielmo Marconi.
The event takes place annually on the Saturday closest to his birthday (April 25, 1874).
To commemorate the Nobel laureate’s achievements, amateurs use HF radio to make direct point-to-point contact between stations, relying on the same technology Marconi developed and utilised in his time. The idea behind International Marconi Day is to keep the spirit of invention alive. The event also provides an exciting throwback to the days when a connected planet Earth was but a bold dream and only a few exceptional people, such as Marconi, saw the value in it.
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