This is the Marconi Memorial Amateur Radio Station, located in Villa Griffone (actual seat of Guglielmo Marconi Foundation) at Pontecchio Marconi, near Bologna, Italy. In this place, the young Guglielmo Marconi made his early radio experiments and here the first radio signals were transmitted. The station is managed by the the Bologna club of Associazione Radioamatori Italiani, and is operated by a team of local radio amateurs:

IZ4FTB Manager

I4KMW Operator

IK4AUY Operator

IK4OLQ Operator

IZ4RTE Operator

IZ4RWP Operator

IZ4TNW Operator

IW4AOT Operator

IW4EIC Operator

The seat of the station and its antennas:

Princess Elettra Marconi, his son Guglielmo Giovanelli Marconi and I4USC Claudio Spada at antennas inauguration:

The antennas with the background of the Celestini Hill beyond which the first radio signals were received:

QSL CARD VIA BUREAU may be requested via e-mail to: iy4fgm@amsat.org or ik4upu@amsat.org

For information please visit this web site

Info for "G. Marconi Award" is located here

Info for "G. Marconi Centennial Award" is located here