‰ NOW 15 WPM ‰ TEXT IS FROM DECEMBER 2007 QST PAGES 42 AND 89 ‰ SINCE 1901, HE SAID. BUT THE TESTS HAVE NOW THROWN UP A NEW DILEMMA. IF THE SIGNALS COULD HAVE BEEN PROPAGATED ACROSS THE ATLANTIC AT THE TIME AND FREQUENCY LOGGED BY MARCONI, WAS HIS RECEIVING EQUIPMENT SENSITIVE ENOUGH TO HAVE HEARD THEM? MARCONI WAS USING A BOSE/SOLARI MERCURY DETECTOR COHERER SOMETIMES CALLED AN ITALIAN NAVY COHERER. COHERERS USE A DIRECT CURRENT DC VOLTAGE ACROSS THEM TO WORK, THE SO CALLED BIAS VOLTAGE. RADIO ‰ FROM PAGE 89 ‰ 158 ENY KM4QE 16 2 1 132 IN N5KEV 10 2 1 88 NM AA1LL 9 2 1 36 ME W1BJ 17 2 ‰ END OF 15 WPM TEXT ‚