Ham Radio History - United Kingdom

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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
1923 - The first two way contact between the UK and USA was in December 1923, between London and West Hartford, Connecticut.
1982 - Argentine invasion of the Falkland Islands communicated via Amateur Radio to the UK. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6514011.stm

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