International Marconi Day

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International Marconi Day is celebrated annually on the Saturday closest to April 25, commemorating the birth of Guglielmo Marconi, the Italian inventor renowned for pioneering long-distance radio transmission.

Guglielmo Marconi, born on April 25, 1874, in Bologna, Italy, was a visionary who transformed the landscape of global communication. Building upon the foundational work of scientists like Heinrich Hertz and James Clerk Maxwell, Marconi developed the first effective system for wireless telegraphy. His groundbreaking achievement came in 1901 when he successfully transmitted the first transatlantic radio signal from Poldhu, Cornwall, to St. John’s, Newfoundland, marking a monumental leap in communication technology.

Good DX and 73!