II1XC

The foundation of the Casale Monferrato ARI Section ancestor (then called "Radio Club Monferrino") dates back to 1924, as shown in the magazine "Il Radio Giornale" (the ancestor of "Radio Rivista") and in the 24 may 1924 issue of the local newspaper "Il Monferrato".

A very small chronology of the most relevant events of those years follows.

Date	Event
23 november 1923	Eugenio Gnesutta founds the "Gruppo Radiotecnico Milanese" (G.R.M.), later renamed "Associazione Dilettanti Radiotecnici Italiani" (A.D.R.I.).
december 1923	Ernesto Montù founds the magazine “Il Radio Giornale”
5 february 1924	Ernesto Montù founds the "Radio Club Lombardo", later renamed "Radio Club Nazionale" and lastly "Radio Club Nazionale Italiano" (R.C.N.I.), with “Il Radio Giornale” as membership journal.
20 may 1924	In Casale Monferrato is founded the "Radio Club Monferrino", which decides to join the R.C.N.I.
1 january 1927	The A.D.R.I. and the R.C.N.I. merge and become "Associazione Radiotecnica Italiana" (A.R.I.), with Ernesto Montù as first president and with “Il Radio Giornale” as membership journal.

The II1XC special callsign [XC is the number 90 in Roman figures and means C (one hundred) less X (ten)] will be activated from may 18, 2014 until december 31, 2014 to celebrate the 90^th from the foundation of what much later would become the Casale Monferrato ARI Section.