Crystal radio workshop and reenactment of Marconi’s first transatlantic experiment

On Friday 12 December 2025 between 10.45 am and 1.30 pm the Marconi Radio Club of Newfoundland (MRCN) and its sister club, the Poldhu Amateur Radio Club (PARC) in England will be commemorating Marconi’s first wireless transatlantic wireless experiment in collaboration with the Institute of Electronics and Electrical Engineering (IEEE) and hosted by the Geo Centre of Memorial University of Newfoundland (MUN).

This year is the 124th anniversary of Marconi’s first transatlantic experiment and to mark this, a 2-way a radio station will be installed at the Johnson Geo Centre a few hundred metres from the site where Marconi conducted his famous 1901 experiment on Signal Hill.

At 10.45 am we will be presenting on Marconi and radio art and science. This will be followed by a workshop whereby participants will be constructing crystal radios.

Between 12.00 and 12.25 pm we will exchange greetings with colleagues in Villa Griffone, Cape Cod and Glace Bay via Amateur Radio.

At 12.25 pm we will attempt to establish a direct 2-way High Frequency radio contact with our colleagues in Poldhu to receive the letter ’S’ and send radio telegrams from MUN and the NL section of the IEEE. (Govt. of Newfoundland and Labrador and MHA’s O’Leary Wall , Barbour, Lt Gov)

Participating Organisations:

IEEE Newfoundland and Labrador

Geo Centre, Memorial University of Newfoundland

Poldhu Amateur Radio Club, Cornwall UK

Marconi Radio Club of Newfoundland

Sydney Amateur Radio Club

Marconi Cape Cod Radio Club

Fondazione Guglielmo Marconi

For further information please contact Dr Len Zedel at zedel@mun.ca or 709.693.6997.