AWARD "THE FATHERS OF THE RADIO"
RULES
The section ARI of Sala Consilina (SA) ITALY, has founded the permanent
award "The fathers of the radio". The purpose of the diploma is to let
know the names and the work of those than before, during and after the
Our Guglielmo Marconi contributed to the invention and the development
of the Radio.
General requirements - Awards are available to all amateurs and SWLs for
worked or heard all the 11 countries of the following list where they
were born the scientists / inventors who have contributed to to the
invention or the development of the radio.
Bands e Modes - All the bands assigned to the Radio Amateur Service
and all the modes are allowed, satellites and WARC included.
There are 4 versions of the award:
1) HF (you must have contacted all the 11 countries)
2) 50MHZ/VHF/UHF (are enough only 6 countries to claim the award)
3) SATELLITE (are enough only 6 countries to claim the award)
Countries list:
Canada VE (Reginald Fessenden)
Croazia 9A (Nikola Tesla)
Denmark OZ (Hans Christian Orsted)
France F (Edouard Branly)
Germany DF-DK-DL-DM (Heinrich Rudolf Hertz - Karl Ferdinand Braun -
Adolf Slaby)
India VU (Jagdish Chandra Bose)
England G-M (Michael Faraday - Oliver Lodge)
Italy I (Guglielmo Marconi - Augusto Righi - Temistocle Calzecchi Onesti -
Luigi Galvani)
Russia RA-RZ UA-UZ ( Aleksandr Popov)
Scotland GM (James Clerk Maxwell)
USA A-K-N-W ( Samuel Morse - David E. Hughes - Lee De Forest - Nathan
Stubblefield)
To claim the Award the QSL cards are not required but they must be in
possession of the applicant and could be requested anytime for checks.
The fee is 10 Euro or 12 Dollars. To receive the Award as registered
mail please add 3 Euro or 4 Dollars.
Application forms must be sent to this address:
ARI SEZIONE SALA CONSILINA
CASELLA POSTALE N.11
CAP 84036 SALA CONSILINA (SA)
ITALY
For more informations you can contact the award manager IZ8AJQ Erminio
via email:
