GB100ZZ Marconi Centre Poldhu England 3-30/8/2014

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Special callsign GB100ZZ will be in use on 3-30 August from the Marconi Centre in Poldhu to honour the wireless operators who gave their lives in the Great War on both sides of the conflict. ZZ was the call sign used by the Marconi Company's station in Poldhu to send news, weather, danger and safety bulletins to merchant ships, including the Admiralty message that on the night between 4 and 5 August 1914 announced that war had been declared. QSL via eQSL or direct to G3PLE. Further information at http://www.500kcs.org [TNX Southgate ARC]