Re: [A-DX] In Erinnerung an Fessenden: WI2XLQ sendet auf Langwelle 486 kHz

Roger Thauer via groups.io
Dienstag, 23. Dezember 2025, 19:26 Uhr

Am 23.12.2025 um 17:48 schrieb Guenter Fred Mandel  [a-dx] via groups.io:
> Habs ergoogelt As in years past, Brian, WA1ZMS of Forest, VA will have 
> FCC Part 5 station WI2XLQ QRV starting appox. 21:00 UTC on Dec 24th 
> for the now annual Fessenden Event. Transmissions will last for at 
> least 24hrs. A repeat will take place again on Dec 31st also starting 
> appox. 21:00 UTC and run for 24hrs. All transmissions will consist 
> only of the two Christmas songs claimed to have been played by 
> Fessenden himself on his violin, as well as a brief Bible verse. 
> WI2XLQ’s voice ID and transmission description is via computer 
> generated voice. Günter

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2023:
https://swling.com/blog/2023/12/wi2xlq-2023-fessenden-event-on-486khz-starting-christmas-eve/
As in years past, Brian, WA1ZMS of Forest, VA will have FCC Part 5 
station WI2XLQ QRV starting appox. 21:00 UTC on Dec 24th for the now 
annual Fessenden Event.....


2024:
https://swling.com/blog/2024/12/wi2xlq-brian-justins-annual-longwave-broadcast-starting-christmas-eve-and-new-years-eve/
Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor Brian (WA1ZMS), who writes:
What has now become an annual LF listening event, WI2XLQ (an FCC 
Experimental Callsign) will once again be QRV for a recreation of the 
alleged first voice transmission made by Reginald Fessenden in 1909. 
Transmission on 486kHz in full carrier AM will start at 22:00z on Dec 
24th and run for 24hrs. In keeping with tradition, a repeat transmission 
will take place on Dec 31st at 22:00z and run for 24hrs. Further details 
about the Fessenden transmissions can be found in prior years of ARRL News.
-Brian, WA1ZMS


2025:
https://www.qsl.net/evarc/news.html
The 2025 Fessenden Commemorative Transmission is scheduled take place 
December 24 and 31, at 2100 UTC on 486 kHz from Forest, Virginia, in 
honor of the “legend” of Reginald Fessenden. Fessenden was a pioneering 
inventor known as the “father of voice radio,” and for his work 
involving radio and sonar. Brian Justin, WA1ZMS, will control the 
broadcast under a new Part 5 callsign of WQ2XQA. Reports of reception 
can be sent via e-mail to wa1zms@...
See the ARRL Special Events Stations search pagee for more events.

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https://www.nps.gov/people/reginaldfessenden.htm
https://thebaynet.com/125-years-later-cobb-island-honors-birthplace-of-wireless-voice-communication/



roger