A new Award from Italy, "The Fathers of the Radio Award"

Erminio,IZ8AJQ reports that the ARI of Sala Consilina (SA) ITALY, has founded a permanent award "The fathers of the radio". The purpose of the award is to publicize the names and the work of those whose work before, during and after Guglielmo Marconi, contributed to the invention and the development of Radio.

General requirements - Awards are available to all amateurs and SWLs who have worked or heard all the 11 countries on the following list. The list of countries is were scientists / inventors who have made a major contribution to the invention or the development of radio where born.

Bands and 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 (only 6 countries to claim the award)

3) SATELLITE (only 6 countries to claim the award)

Countries list and scientists:

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 QSL cards are not required but they must be in possession of the applicant and may be requested anytime verification.

The fee for the award is 10 Euro or 12 US Dollars. To receive the Award via registered mail please add 3 Euro or 4 US 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 information you can contact the award manager IZ8AJQ Erminio via email: iz8ajq@amsat.org

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