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10-13-2007 2:46 PM792 views
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10-14-2007 12:19 AM
vk2yoc
vk2yoc is my ham radio callsign, I am overcome with
contrition that I forgot such an important anniversary.
10-14-2007 5:44 AM
righthand
good call.

I love talk radio. Our RTE is very good, IMO. Ever listen in?
10-14-2007 9:44 AM
ceealice
I think there may be a mistake here, Glace Bay is in Nova Scotia not Newfoundland, correct me if I`m wrong...ceealice
10-14-2007 11:05 AM
righthand
You are correct, I believe, Ceealice
Glace Bay played a crucial role in the history of communication as it served as one of the main hubs for the first transatlantic radio communication. This was truly the start of the first wireless network that are taken for granted today. Marconi built two large radio stations in Glace Bay and one in Louisbourg.

If one was viewing these structures in the early 1900's they would see an impressive tower over two-hundred feet high along the banks of what is now referred to as TableHead in Glace Bay. Two structures were located in Glace Bay with a third being built in Louisbourg.

A museum dedicated to this technological adv...
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10-14-2007 11:49 AM
vk2yoc
I'm more a VHF specialist, satellites, sporadic E bouncing signals off polar aurora etc. Have spoken to some fellow amateurs in Ireland on HF radio. Hard at the moment though, bottom of the sunspot cycle.
10-14-2007 12:07 PM
vk2yoc
Thanks to what Marconi did 100 years ago, I have over the years, spoken to people at both poles, almost everywhere in between, and chatted to astronauts on the space station, all on less power than is used by a lightbulb.
10-14-2007 12:21 PM
righthand
And now with a bit more power and any time of the day, with anyone, anywhere, except Burma, you can communicate using the internet. Oh, what a wonderful world.

Could Marconi have imagined it?
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