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Old 8th Feb 2017, 5:16 pm   #1
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Email received today may be of interest.

February 14th 2017 marks the 95th anniversary of the start of Britain's first ever regular, advertised broadcast radio station, 2MT, which came live from Writtle in Essex.
To commemorate this anniversary, and to celebrate the young, pioneering team of engineers, the Chelmsford Amateur Radio Society will be transmitting from the same building from where the original broadcasts commenced. One of their members, Jim Salmon, will also be operating a three-day internet radio service, Radio Emma Toc, featuring radio related documentaries, vintage comedies and live programmes from various locations.
The first 2MT broadcast started at 7.15 pm on 14th February 1922 from an ex-army Marconi hut - a 'Long Low Hut' - sited in a waterlogged field in Lawford Lane Writtle. This famous hut is now on permanent display at Sandford Mill, Chelmsford, and can be visited during the summer open days at the Mill.
Members of the Chelmsford Amateur Radio Society - CARS - regularly transmit to fellow amateur radio hams from this historic hut and for this celebration a team from CARS will be making contact with fellow amateurs on 12th and 14th February. A special event call sign GB95 2MT will be used to mark this occasion. Of course as with the best laid plans there is a vast potential for things to go wrong, however this would be in keeping with the pioneering character of radio experimenters of the time!
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