APPLAUSE HEARD 180 MILES.
One hundred and eighty miles away j resounded the thunderous applause i accorded a concert given in the Pensacola Navy Yard. It was hand- j clapping by wireless. : The large wireless transmitter station is located near the bandstand and at the end of a selection by the | navy band, the De Forest operators i opened wide the large spark gap as well as the doors of the sound-proof i spark muffler, and then depressing ! the Morse key, sent forth a succes- I sion of long, loud dashes heard for i streets. This "'low frequency" spark and its rattle, following upon the last notes of the music, resembled an outburst of applause from the vast concour.se of clapping hands, but ! sevenfold louder than any ever heard before. The bandmaster, startled, ! amused, and impressed, responded with the one encore of the evening.! As it transpired afterwards, the . operator at the station at New Or- I leans heard this electrical enthusiasm ' precisely when it was given 180 ! miles away.
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Cromwell Argus, Volume XXXVII, Issue 1984, 16 April 1906, Page 7
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170APPLAUSE HEARD 180 MILES. Cromwell Argus, Volume XXXVII, Issue 1984, 16 April 1906, Page 7
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