Transatlantic Tests
The early 1920s saw the dawn of international amateur radio. A series of significant milestones led over some five years from no amateur transmission ever having been heard on another continent, to intercontinental two-way communications becoming commonplace.
The RSGB has commemorated these historic events by encouraging everyone to get on the air to make QSOs – focusing particularly on December 2022.
RSGB Events in 2022 – The Transatlantic Centenary Tests
| December 2022 | The Transatlantic Centenary Tests – final scores, rules and the story of the event |
| 1 December 2021 –
31 December 2022 |
Commemorative Transatlantic QSL Card – for G6XX, G6ZZ, G5WS, G5AT and G3DR plus their regional variants, also for GB2ZE and GS2ZE. |
The Story of the 1920s Transatlantic Tests
Transatlantic Tests History
Transatlantic Tests 1 – Initial failure prompts ARRL plans for further tests
Transatlantic Tests 2 – ARRL representative Paul Godley goes to Scotland
Transatlantic Tests 2 – Godley wins the bet
Transatlantic Tests 3 – Europe is heard in North America
Transatlantic Tests 4 – Two-way Transatlantic amateur communication achieved
Radcom, Wireless World and Radio News Articles
“Bridging the Atlantic” – Radcom May 2018
“The Erection of 5 WS – The Radio Society Special Station at Wandsworth” – Wireless World, January 20, 1923
“The Transmitting Station of the Radio Society of Great Britain” – Radio News, July 1924
