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WHERE GODLEY FIRST HEARD THE SIGNAL.  N1BCG THEN SENT THE ORIGINAL MESSAGE
FROM DECEMBER 11, 1921 TO PAUL GODLEY, ARDROSSAN SCOTLAND HEARTY
CONGRATULATIONS, SIGNED ARMSTRONG, CRONKHITE ET AL.  SHORTLY THEREAFTER,
ARRL FIELD SERVICES MANAGER DAVE PATTON, NN1N, SENT THE ORIGINAL MESSAGE
AGAIN IN CW.  PAUL GODLEYS GRANDSON, DAVID LITTLETON, AND HIS SISTER WERE
ON HAND IN GREENWICH TO WITNESS THE EXCHANGE.  DAVID BROUGHT GODLEYS
ORIGINAL LOGS FROM THAT DECEMBER 1921 TRANSMISSION AND ALSO PRESENTED THE
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LEAGUE WITH HIGH RESOLUTION FACSIMILES OF THE LOGS AND OTHER RELATED
DOCUMENTS TO MEMORIALIZE WHAT WAS ARGUABLY THE BIRTH OF HF DX FOR OUR
ARCHIVES.  THE SPECIAL EVENT STATION MADE MORE THAN 500 CONTACTS.  BBC
RADIO PLAYED BACK THE INITIAL CONTACT ON THE MONDAY MORNING NEWS.  THE MEN
WHO FIRST SPANNED THE ATLANTIC WITH SHORTWAVES IN 1921 WERE THE GIANTS OF
OUR COMMUNITY.  WITHOUT MUCH EXTERNAL FINANCIAL SUPPORT, AND USING THEIR
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