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100 Years Since The First Transatlantic Broadcast

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the good-going-marconi dept.

Diarmaid O'Loughlin writes "It's the 100th year since the first comunications over the pond The Marconi Radio Club and The Falmouth Amateur Radio Association Amateur Radio operators are making plans to celebrate a Marconi world historical event. December 12, 2001 will mark the 100th anniversary of the first Trans-Atlantic radio transmission." The BBC is also carrying the story as well. Embedded Geek adds a link to coverage on stardate.com, pointing out that "there will be events in the ham community to commemorate it, including a reenactment broadcast (look here under 'Marconi's Celebrations' for others)." This would be a nice day to swing by the Cape Cod station, too.

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  1. Too bad for CBC by Rackemup · · Score: 4, Interesting
    Since the techs at CBC are on strike, the tribute to Marconi special that had been planned for this week was cancelled.

    I would have liked to have watched that. TV and learning, who'd have thought?

  2. Marconi invented the radio? by bmongar · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I thought Marconi was denied patents on the radio because they were already covered by patents from Tesla. Sorry, don't have time to look for links now.

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    As x approaches total apathy I couldn't care less.
  3. Marconi had good contacts and money.. nothing else by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Isn't it amazing that eventhough it is known that Tesla was the pioneer of radio, that Marconi gets all the credit?

    I think it's just as horrible as making Buzz Aldrin the first man on the moon, eventhough we know Neil Armstrong was first.

    It's clear, even today, that ambition and skill is not related to fame whatsoever. The guy with the best contacts and/or money is the winner, not the clever guy.

  4. First web page was 12/12/91 by pmancini · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I think we should also remember and see the amazing coincidence that on 12/12/1991 the first web page was served by TBL. The web has now become more important than radio or tv for delivering information and communicating - as witnessed by the very existance of slashdot.org.

    I love the way history has such interesting coincidences!

  5. Technical Question by Waffle+Iron · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Does anyone know how these early long distance radios worked? IIRC, vacuum tubes were not invented until a later date. Was there any kind of amplification used? Did they use oscillators, or was it still just a 'spark gap' kind of thing?