Bodmin Radio Station buildings
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Bodmin Radio Station buildings by David Long as part of the Geograph project.
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Bodmin Radio Station buildings
Image: © David Long Taken: 8 May 2006
A visitor adds: This was the Bodmin Beam Wireless Station, opened for service on 25 October, 1926. It was the UK transmitting station for Marconi's UK-to-Canada Beam Wireless Service, the first transoceanic shortwave wireless telegraph service in the world. It transmitted signals to a shortwave receiver at Marconi's Yamachiche Beam Wireless Station near Montreal, Canada. The UK receiver station was the Bridgwater Beam Wireless Station. http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/129206 The UK-to-Canada Beam Wireless Service remained in operation until October, 2002 when it was made obsolete by fiberoptic and satellite communications.
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Image Location
Latitude
50.431515
Longitude
-4.792104