The commercial telegraphy station that opened in 1901 at the Lizard Wireless Station captured the imagination of the pioneer Guglielmo Marconi. He used it as a test site while planning what was to become part of his historic transatlantic transmissions from nearby Poldhu in December of that year. By then, radio had already emerged as a prominent communication force: Just 23 days after the Lizard station opened, its operators received the first over-the-horizon wireless signals sent from St Catherine’s Point on the Isle of Wight. It was a record-setting moment.

The station's historic callsign, GB4LWS, is back on the air throughout the month of January. Ham radio operators from the Cornish Radio Amateur Club join Geoff GØFHT and Tim MØAFJ of the National Trust to mark the anniversary.

Geoff, who is the Lizard's amateur radio operations manager, told Newsline that the celebration recognises the station's role in creating the foundation for our modern connected world.