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1922 Committee
In 1922 the name of the Society was changed to:
Radio Society of Great Britain
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Dec 1923 licence proposals
Key conditions:
 Prohibition of spark transmissions on all “wavelengths”
 440m available between 5 pm and 11 pm on weekdays and during
broadcasting hours on Sundays
 New band between 200 and 203m available between 6pm and
midnight, except when military manoeuvres were taking place
 Wavelengths between 20 and 40m be used for genuine research
work
 Use of CW on 1,600m would only be granted in exceptional
conditions
 Transmissions only authorised for inter-UK contacts, except by
special permission and then only with Western Europe!
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Changes to the licences in 1928
Key changes:
Raw a.c. and i.c.w. were prohibited
Authorisation to use 1715 – 2000kc/s, 7000 – 7300kc/s and 14000 –
14400kc/s “bands”
Transoceanic permits (a relaxation following the 1923 licence) were to
continue in force, and that those holding them could additionally use
28 – 30Mc/s and 56 – 60Mc/s
3500 – 4000kc/s reserved exclusively for experiments following
additional authorisation on the recommendation of the RSGB.
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QSL cards
► Many QSL cards and
photos were exchanged
in the 1920s between
US and British stations
► US stations prefixed
their call with the letter
U or A to avoid
confusion
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2nd Series of Tests
► A second series of tests took
place in December 1922. Well
known American amateur Paul
Godley 2ZE travelled to Europe
to take part.
► Whilst in London Godley met
with Marconi, CampbellSwinton, Sir Henry Jackson and
other distinguished members of
the RSGB
► The first complete message he
received was transmitted by
1BCG.
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Léon Deloy, 8AB
First two-way transatlantic
QSO by a Radio Amateur
December 1923
► 16th December 1923 first contact
between Canadian A W Greig 1BQ
and Ernest J Simmonds 2OD took
place on 116 metres using just 30
watts
► Ernest went on to make two-way
contacts with Mexico, Argentina
and Australia
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First British amateur to
make two-way contacts
► The first British amateur
to make two way contact
was Jack Partridge 2KF
on 8th December 1923.
He contacted A1MO
operated by Ken Warner
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International Amateur Radio Union (IARU)
► Early 1924, Hiram P Maxim, 1AW President of the
Amateur Relay League visited Europe with the
aim to:
“encourage international amateur radio relations”
► On 14th April 1925 a congress with 23 countries
attending was held in Paris at which the
International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) was
formed
► Hiram Maxim, 1AW as its first International
President, Gerald Marcuse, 2NM was Vice
President