Dear Listener / Viewer
I'm pleased to let you know that I will be broadcasting another video stream this coming Monday, 14th February, with the theme of celebrating wireless station 2MT.
In 1922, after requests & petitions from radio hams in the United Kingdom, a licence was issued for station 2MT to transmit a programme of CW (morse), Telephony (voice) & music, on a weekly basis. Transmissions came from a small wooden hut in Writtle, Essex, where engineers working for the Marconi Company were given the task of putting on air a wireless station for 'calibration purposes' aimed at the growing number of radio hams & enthusiasts.
Over a short period, & with the good fortune of this Marconi team having a selection of gifted radio engineers & maverick individuals, 2MT became incredibly popular & - probably without realising it at the time - went on to lay the foundations of entertainment broadcasting that was to follow.
Monday the 14th February will be the centenary of the first transmission from 2MT. From 11am in the morning - 11:00UTC - we will be playing audio documentaries & videos looking at the start of broadcasting here in the UK, & then at around 6.45pm - 18:45UTC - I will present a live programme where hopefully we can all join in to drink a toast to '2MT'.
Our broadcast will not be a full history of the station, more a celebration of the people involved & everything that we enjoy about radio today. I hope to link with others celebrating 2MT & also radio hams on the air on this anniversary day.
I invite you to join me for this amateur enthusiast video broadcast!
Further details are available here:
LINKS & INFORMATION RELATING TO OUR BROADCAST STREAM:
Website - https://www.emmatoc.org/
Website page for this celebration - https://www.emmatoc.org/ 2mtcelebration
Link for viewing (only linking to us on the day of the broadcast) -
https://www.mixcloud.com/ live/RadioEmmaToc/
Facebook page - https://www.facebook.com/ emmatoc
Twitter page - https://twitter.com/ radioemmatoc
You can take part in the programme by emailing me with any comments & radio memories - I'd love to say hello to you - our email address is - emmatoc1922@gmail.com
Check our Facebook & Twitter pages for updates in case of any problems with transmissions (things can always go wrong!)
Our friends at Essex Ham have produced a short interview video with more detail - https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=uk_XnGvsJ0M
LINKS & INFORMATION FOR OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST:
For radio hams, there will be two special event amateur radio stations in operation.
Local Radio Club CARS - Chelmsford Amateur Radio Society - will be operating GB100 2MT from Writtle Village Hall - http://www.g0mwt.org.uk/ events/gb1002mt-writtle/index. htm
Radio Club Essex Ham will be operating GB2MTC from the East Essex Hackspace Hut in Hockley - http://sxham.uk/2mt
It is also hoped that items about 2MT will feature in programmes on the 14th on BBC Essex, Chelmsford Community Radio, & Phoenix FM. I will have more detail on this during my live stream, & if possible will link up with our friend Tim Wander at some time during the evening!
I look forward to being with you on the 14th!
Best wishes
Jim
