"Ajacks' I Don't Know Why, I just do": first transatlantic radio message on December 12, 1901

Sunday, December 12, 2010

first transatlantic radio message on December 12, 1901

Marconi's Poldhu Wireless Station The site is famous as the location of Poldhu Wireless Station, Guglielmo Marconi's transmitter for the first transatlantic radio message on December 12, 1901 to Marconi's temporary receiving station on Signal Hill, St. John's, Newfoundland.

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http://capecodhistory.us/Wellfleet-records/Wellfleet_pictures.html

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I attended Versailles, Indiana grade and high school I was considered the class clown and was voted most likely to not succeed. I spent most of the school time in the study hall. I obtained my diploma from the army (GED) later the school sent me a diploma. I enlisted in several electronic classes at the Vocational school at Versailles. I have a home based business of computer repair and I do HTML language creating web pages for local businesses. I edit photos and create video presentations. I have been an Amateur Radio Operator for over 50 plus years. I am proficient, sending and receiving, international Morse code. I have several beacon transmitters that are heard world wide and are operated 24 - 7. I have conducted hundreds of radio telephone patches allowing displaced military, missionaries, and Nation Science Foundation groups located at the South Pole. I have relayed emergency messages to the State Dept from ships at sea. I am an Viet Nam-era army veteran. I did institution on military explosives while stationed at Ft. Ord, Ca. I worked twenty-seven years for United Parcel Service and retired. I have been married to my wife Betty for over 54 years. I am a member of the American Legion, NRA, and the American Radio Relay League (ARRL). I think I've done OK, What do you think ......
Jack Demaree

"Ajacks' I Don't Know Why, I just do"

Sunday, December 12, 2010

first transatlantic radio message on December 12, 1901

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