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Basic Online Amateur Radio Course – November 2020
SONRA will be offering a Basic Online Amateur Radio Course from 8pm to 10:30pm every Tuesday and Thursday starting November 3, culminating with the final exam on December 1, 2020.
The cost is $100 and includes all course materials, the final exam and a one year SONRA membership. RAC also offers a free one year membership to newly licensed amateurs.
To obtain more information or to register click on the instructor/examiner Chris Hillier.
International Marconi Day 2017
We’re honored to once again be operating from the historic VO1AA at Cabot Tower on Signal Hill for International Marconi Day this year!
Many hams around the world are always excited to make contact with us on this day.
SONRA’s club station will be active starting around 06:30 UTC on Saturday, April 22nd and we’re hoping to have the station staffed with an operator for as much of the day as possible until evening / early afternoon.
We’ll do our best to push out some updates on our Facebook / Twitter regarding what bands we’re most active on and where you may be able to find us!
Marconi Transatlantic Radio Signal 115th Anniversary
On December 12, 1901 at Signal Hill, Marconi received the first transatlantic radio signal. SONRA members commemorate this each year, usually from Cabot Tower on Signal Hill with call sign VO1AA. Unfortunately, due to road and electrical upgrades, Cabot Tower is closed until the new year.
Instead, to celebrate the 115th anniversary, we’ll be operating from Admiralty House Museum using call sign VO1BZM. Look for us on 14.260 or thereabouts.
Marconi has a rich history at Admiralty House. The museum is located at the former H.M. Wireless telegraph station built in 1915 by the Marconi Telegraph Company.
To learn more, click here.
Marconi 100th Anniversary
For many months, we had been tossing around the idea that we would like to host a major event in 2001 to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the first transatlantic signal reception at Signal Hill, in St. John’s. Ideas turned to actions in late September, 1996, when we were graced with the visit of Prince Guglielmo Giovanelli Marconi, the grandson of Guglielmo Marconi, and a film crew from England, who were here to do a documentary on communication. Being the operators of the Amateur station at the site in question, we were asked to help out with the film.