The Centennial of DXing
December 2021 is the 100th anniversary of the December 1921 Transatlantic Test, in which amateurs in the United Kingdom (including American Paul Godley, 2ZE, who was sent over by the American Radio Relay League) listened for American amateurs. Godley set up his receiving site at Ardrossan, Scotland (about 35 miles southwest of Glasgow). This site looked out across the Firth of Clyde towards the U.S.
This one-way test from the U.S. to the U.K. was successful with many CW stations and a handful of spark stations being heard. December 1921 was actually the second attempt to receive U.S. signals in the U.K. The earlier attempt the previous February was not successful — no Americans were heard due to a variety of reasons — but
