File:The Marconi Company first antenna system at Poldhu, Cornwall, December 1901.jpg
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DescriptionThe Marconi Company first antenna system at Poldhu, Cornwall, December 1901.jpg |
English: The first Marconi Company antenna system at its transatlantic radiotelegraphy station at Poldhu, Cornwall, UK. Guglielmo Marconi built this antenna beginning April 1901 to transmit the first transatlantic radio message to Canada. It consisted of 20 thin wooden masts in a circle supporting 200 wires in an inverted cone shape attached to the transmitter building. However on September 17, 1901 the antenna collapsed in a storm. Marconi quickly built a replacement antenna consisting of 54 wires in an inverted pyramid shape supported by 4 sturdy wooden towers. On 12 December 1901 Marconi reported the first transatlantic radio transmission from Poldhu to St. John a distance of 2300 miles. |
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Source | Archive of Marconi Corporation, PLC |
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