95 Years - A Celebration of Radio Station 2MT

Ninety-five years ago on Tuesday February 14, 1922, a small group of young, gifted, charismatic - and perhaps slightly irreverent, Marconi employees turned on a medium wave transmitter in a 'long low hut' in a waterlogged field in Writtle, Chelmsford. This began a year long experiment which is now regarded as the birth of broadcasting in the United Kingdom. Led by the irrepressible Captain Peter Pendleton Eckersley, the 2MT team broadcast regularly every Tuesday evening, and what started as a request for a station for 'calibration purposes' for the fast growing number of amateur radi operators, transformed into an entertainment program like none before.

A small group of us are celebrating the upcoming 95th anniversary of 2MT - 'Two Emma Toc,'  with a combination of amateur radio transmissions and an internet radio service. On February 12, and 14th, members of the Chelmsford Amateur Radio Society will be operating a special event amateur station using the callsign GB95 2MT. These transmissions will emanate from the very same 'long low hut' now preserved at Sandford Mill Museum in Chelmsford, United Kingdom.

On the 12th, 13th & 14th February, radio enthusiast Jim Salmon will be running an internet radio service 'Radio Emma Toc' with radio related documentaries, vintage comedies, and five hours of live programming each day including a visit to the long low hut. We are not attempting to re-create 2MT, more a case of having fun, paying tribute and looking ahead to greater celebrations for the centenary in 2022.

We invite amateur radio operators, to join us on the bands and listeners to join us on 'wired wireless' (Peter Eckersley's futuristic 1930's phrase for what we now call the Internet) to remember 2MT and pay tribute by having fun on the radio. Email us at Radio Emma Toc with your radio memories during our live programming and we will say hello to you !

For details of Radio Emma Toc including how to listen, and our three day schedule at www.emmatoc.com
Email: emmatoc1922@gmail.com

For details of Chelmsford Amateur Radio Society go to: www.g0mwt.org.uk
(Jim Salmon  2E0RMI / Chelmsford Calling Network)

Weekend Euro program schedules

All times UTC

Saturday January 3

0700 - 0900   Hamburger Lokalradio  7265 KHz
0900 - 1200   Hamburger Lokalradio  6190 KHz
1200 - 1600   Hamburger Lokalradio  7265 KHz

(0800 - 1200 Central European time) Mi Amigo on 6070

Sunday January 4 

09  - 10  UTC, MVBR on 7265 KHz
10  - 11 UTC, MVBR on 9485 KHz (repeat broadcast)
The program of MVBR contains a special about Mr. Joe Cocker on the occasion of his death on December 22, 2014.

08 - 12 CET, Mi Amigo  on 6005

12 - 16 CET, Mi Amigo on 7310

12- 16 UTC, HLR on 9485 KHz

Chelmsford Calling!

Check out there latest radio information programme at:  

http://www.chelmsfordcalling.com/world-service/4585453999

email: chelmcalling@gmail.com

Good Listening!

73s

Tom Taylor

Chelmsford Calling adds second program

Special thanks to Jim Salmon of Chelmsford Calling for his notice that a second program has now been added to their lineup. For additional information, please refer to http://on.fb.me/1safPWp. You may also join them on Facebook as Chelmsford Calling World Service.

Clelmsford Calling is currently involved with various radio groups and are happy to help with any radio related ventures. Their experience and passion for radio means they are well placed to assist and promote a wide variety of radio projects.

To learn more about this new online shortwave station, please visit http://www.chelmsfordcalling.com/

Have You Considered Chelmsford Calling World Service ?

...from the birthplace of radio...Chelmsford Calling

Based in Chelmsford, Essex in the United Kingdom, Chelmsford Calling Network, is a new wireless source for worldwide radio listeners and amateur radio operators enthusiast.  

The Chelmsford Calling World Service  is a light entertainment program produced by Jim Salmon - 'Sunny Jim' and colleagues from the Chlemsford Calling Network.

Chelmsford Calling is an organisation set up with the aim of promoting radio technology past, present and future. Programming will broadcast monthly via various short wave relay stations around the world and is also available to listen to online.

Programs are composed of 10-15 minute segments consisting of; Media Magazine, The Wireless Years, The Elettra Report, Sunny Jim's Trance Report and Listening Post.

You may listen to the latest program via the Mixcloud service at the 'play' button

Their first program will be relayed by WRMI – Radio Miami International on the 2nd Friday of the month, November 14 at 2300 UTC on 9955 kHz.

The station commented, "We are pleased to be associated with WRMI especially at this exciting period when the importance, enjoyment and potential of short wave broadcasting is recognized and revived."

Listener feedback and suggestions are welcome at info@chelmsfordcalling.co.uk  info@chelmsfordcalling.com or chelmcalling@gmail.com You may also follow them on Facebook and Twitter.

To learn more about Chelmsford Calling and join the rapidly growing world audience of radio  enthusiast, visit at http://www.chelmsfordcalling.com/