Marconi and the early years of wireless SOCALWUG Meeting July 27th 2006
Imagine a time when many scientists believed that radio waves would only travel line of sight. A time when the only way to send a long distance message was over telegraph cables.
Just over a hundred years ago this was the case.
Guglielmo Marconi in 1901 proved that wireless waves were not affected by the curvature of the Earth, he used his system for transmitting the first wireless signals across the Atlantic between Poldhu, Cornwall England, and St. John’s, Newfoundland.
I’m sure most of us remember the centennial celebration in 2001 of Marconi’s achievements.
On a recent trip to Cornwall England last month, I visited both the Marconi Poldhu and Lizard Point wireless stations where Marconi performed his early experiments. In order to make this transmission over the Atlantic tremendous obstacles needed to be overcome.
Only during this visit did I realize the magnitude of what Marconi did in 1901.
At the next SOCALWUG meeting I’ll present some of the fascinating events that lead up to Marconi’s success.
I’ll have stories, video and photos of these two historical wireless sites and information you may not find elsewhere.
The So Cal Wireless Users Group is meeting, Thursday 07/27/06 at 7pm (Pacific). http://www.socalwug.org
Where:
Pasadena IHOP Restaurant (rear meeting room)
3521 E. Foothill Blvd
Pasadena, CA 91107
Location: http://ihop.know-where.com/ihop/cgi/site?00006
