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HP2DFA > NEWS 05.11.90 13:24l 33 Lines 1561 Bytes #999 (0) @ WW
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Subj: CENTENARY OF RUGBY RADIO STATION AND TRANSMISSION TO MARS
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CENTENARY OF RUGBY RADIO STATION AND TRANSMISSION TO MARS
SOURCE: RUGBY AMATEUR TRANSMITTING SOCIETY (RATS) / PRESS
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RADIO ENTHUSIASTS IN RUGBY (UK) CELEBRATE THE CENTENARY OF THE
HISTORIC RUGBY RADIO STATION BY REPLICATING THE FIRST MESSAGE
SENT FROM EARTH TO MARS 100 YEARS AGO.
MEMBERS OF THE RUGBY AMATEUR TRANSMITTING SOCIETY (RATS) SENT
THE TRANSMISSION IN MORSE CODE ON OCTOBER 24TH FROM THEIR
CLUBHOUSE NEAR HOULTON. THE MESSAGE INCLUDED A GREETING AND AN
EXPLANATION TO COMMEMORATE THE OPENING OF THE STATION IN 1926,
WHICH HOUSED THE MOST POWERFUL TRANSMITTER IN THE WORLD.
THE ORIGINAL CONTACT WAS SENT ON OCTOBER 27, 1926, BY DR. HUGH
MANSFIELD, WHO CLAIMED TO BE IN RADIO CONTACT WITH A MARTIAN.
STEVE JONES (RATS) EXPLAINED: WE MADE SEVERAL MORSE CODE
TRANSMISSIONS ON 14.011 MHZ WITH A BEAM ANTENNA POINTING TO
MARS. THE MESSAGE WAS REPEATED 3 TIMES IN 20 MINUTES. WHILE
SOME EARTH STATIONS TRIED TO REPLY IMMEDIATELY, WE KNEW THEY
WERE NOT FROM MARS, AS THE SIGNAL TAKES ABOUT 7 MINUTES TO
REACH MARS AND 7 MINUTES TO RETURN.
THESE EVENTS SET THE STAGE FOR JANUARY 2027, WHICH WILL MARK
100 YEARS SINCE THE FIRST TRANSATLANTIC CALL TO HOULTON, MAINE.
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