Ham Radio History - United Kingdom

1896 - Marconi demonstrated the transmission and reception of Morse Code based radio signals over a distance of two or more kilometers (and up to six kilometers) on Salisbury Plain in England 1913 - The RSGB (Radio Society of Great Britain) was founded (as the London Wireless Club) 1923 - The first two way contact between the UK and USA was in December 1923, between London and West Hartford, Connecticut. 1939-45 - The entire RSGB Council and many of its members were recruited into MI8, also known as the Radio Security Service. Its mission to was to intercept clandestine enemy transmissions. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MI8 1982 - Argentine invasion of the Falkland Islands communicated via Amateur Radio to the UK. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6514011.stm 2006 - On the 1 December, Ofcom replaced the annual licence system with a new ‘lifetime’ licensing regime