Major Marconi Exhibit Opens April 24 in the UK
 One of the objects in the new exhibit: Marconi's first
tuned transmitter, completed in Poole in 1899. The technique of tuning was of
vital importance for the history of radio. |
 The telephone earpiece used to detect the first
transatlantic signal, the three dots of Morse code for the letter S, in Newfoundland on December 12, 1901. |
 Message sent from RMS Titanic, as received by Celtic:
"CQD require assistance position 41.46 N 50.14 W struck iceberg Titanic." CQD
was the international help signal used before the introduction of SOS. |
April 21, 2006 -- Marconi's grandson Guglielmo and his
daughter Princess Elettra will attend the opening of a major new Marconi
exhibition at the Museum of the History of
Science in Oxford, England on April 24. The exhibition -- called "Wireless World: Marconi and the Making of Radio" --
covers the history of radio from Marconi's early demonstrations in the 1880s to
the beginning of regular public broadcasts in the 1920s. It will be open until
October 1, 2006.
In 2004 the Marconi Collection was presented to the University of Oxford by the Marconi Corporation. A key role in the saving of this important
collection was played by the UK Wireless Preservation Society, whose Trustees
have also funded a three year research assistant to catalogue this large and
unrivalled archive of objects and documents that record the work of Guglielmo
Marconi and the wireless telegraph company he founded.
The exhibit, which was spearheaded by Museum Director Dr
Jim Bennett and Assistant Keeper Dr Stephen Johnston, has two main purposes: to
celebrate the presentation of the Marconi Collection to the University of
Oxford, and to demonstrate the development of wireless radio in relation to
Marconi -- from his early demonstrations on Salisbury Plain in 1896 through to
the development of public broadcasting in the early 1920s. The exhibit uses a
number of unique objects and documents relating to the early history of radio,
some of which are on public display for the first time.
A special event station, GB4MHS, will be on the air on
80-10 meters from April 25-28 with a special event QSL.
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