TRANSATLANTIC RADIO.
ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATED
RUGBY, December 14,
Sunday was the 35th anniversary of the first transatlantic wireless communication. The signals were transmitted from a station at Poidhu in Cornwall, and were intercepted by Senatore Marconi by means of an emergency aerial supported by a kite in place of apparatus destroyed by a storm at Signal Hill, Newfoundland.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 297, 15 December 1936, Page 7
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57TRANSATLANTIC RADIO. Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 297, 15 December 1936, Page 7
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