Speciall Event callsign II0REX “Firts broadcasting trasmission ship to shore”

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FIRST BROADCASTING TRANSMISSION SHIP TO SHORE

Transatlantic REX – Holy Year 1933

The autumn program of I.N.O.R.C. – Italian Naval Old Rhytmers Club – includes the activation of the special call II0REX in memory of the first radiotelephone broadcasting transmission  took place on board the transatlantic REX, luxurious and fast Italian passenger ship, while she was at sea in the middle of the Atlantic directly to the port of New York.

The sensational transmission took place April 2nd, 1933 when Pope Pius XI inaugurated solemnly in Rome the extraordinary Holy Year. The voice of opera singer Rosa Ponzella, radiated into the ether and sang the Ave Maria by Schubert, it was clearly heard by American radio listeners. In Europe, the Radio Station of Coltano connected EIAR (RAI then) relayed simultaneously in broadcasting. This event was the first world replica of an experiment carried out by Guglielmo Marconi in 1920, the same Ocean, off the coast of Portugal.

PERIOD: The event is open to all radio amateurs and SWL (Italian and foreign), is not a contest, it will be ONLY on CW and will start at 00:00 UTC of the day October 9, 2016 and will end at 23:59 UTC day October 23, 2016.

STATIONS OPERATING: the following stations will be active:

II0REX jolly station with special call

IQ1NM / REX I.N.O.R.C. station

I.N.O.R.C. stations

Stations belonging to other Italian and foreign Naval Club.

MODES: CW

BANDS: all HF bands according to the IARU band plain including WARC

SCORE: The station II0REX (JOLLY) is worth 10 points

The IQ1NM station is worth 5 points

The I.N.O.R.C. stations They are worth 3 points.

NOTE: The Jolly station II0REX,  IQ1NM Station and Naval Clubs stations can be contacted only once a day, for each band, throughout the period of activation. Not be calculated double connections. THERE ARE NO MULTIPLIERS.

POINTS CERTIFICATE: to request the Certificate of attendance must have totaled the following score:

Italian stations: 50 points

European Stations: 25 points

Extra-European Stations: 10 points

To get the certificate you must pay a fee of 12 Euros for Italian stations, 15 euro for the European and U.S. $ 15 for stations Extra-European.

For those who want to receive the certificate in PDF format the cost is free.

The amount must be paid into the account paypal@inorc.it or c / c postal 4912866 payable to INORC and sending a copy of the receipt to INORC Secretary. Those who wish can send the amount via postal mail to the Secretary dell’INORC:

Sig.Italo Martella,

Via di  Torpignattara,  20

-00177 Rome, lifting the Secretariat by each postal misdirection.

The Log in ADIF format, must be sent by the deadline of November 30, 2016 Award Manager Mr. Sauro Tonelli iz1cla@Alice who will check the scores excluded, pending the review, the logs contain inconsistencies .

Italian Naval Old Rhythmers Club autunnal program starded remembering the first voice broadcasting directly ship to earth happened on board italian passenger liner T/S REX sailing in the Atlantic Ocean bound to New York on April 1933. In the same moment in When Pope Pius XI in Rome open the holy Year, on board the soprano Rosa Ponzella sing the Schubert “Ave Maria” his voice whos hear in America, and Europe by the relay of COLTANO Radio Station.”