Amateur Radio History - Italy
1MT Giulio Salom, Palazzo Spinelli, Venice 1925
Giulio Salom 1MT, later I0ACL, was the first in Italy to obtain a special licence from Posts and Telegraphs to construct his own equipment, on 1st December 1923. On 9 December 1923 on a wavelength of 200 metres he carried out a two hour telegraphy contact with 2HF near Birmingham, England. He made the first Atlantic crossing from Italy in 1924, and was the first in Italy to contact Australia and New Zealand.He was the Italian representative during the formation of the I.A.R.U. Later he bacame President of the A.R.I.
