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GB3SSS MARCONIS TRANSATLANTIC LEAP REVISITED DID HE DO WHAT HE SAID HE DID
IN 1901?  A GROUP ATTEMPTS TO REACH A CONCLUSION.  STEVE NICHOLS, G0KYA AS
FAR AS THE HISTORY BOOKS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC ARE CONCERNED, MARCONI IS
THE FATHER OF RADIO.  BUT MARCONIS MAIN CLAIM TO FAME ALL RESTS ON A SIMPLE
PREMISE DID HE ACTUALLY RECEIVE SIGNALS FROM POLDHU, CORNWALL, UK AT SIGNAL
HILL, NEWFOUNDLAND ON DECEMBER 12, 1901?  UNFORTUNATELY, SOME SAY THE
EVIDENCE IS STACKED AGAINST HIM AND PEOPLE HAVE ARGUED ABOUT THE SUCCESS OR
OTHERWISE OF HIS ACHIEVEMENT FOR YEARS.  IN 2001, DR JOHN S. JACK BELROSE,
VE2CV, OF THE FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH CENTRE IN OTTAWA AND A
RESPECTED AUTHORITY ON RADIO, IS REPORTED TO HAVE SAID THAT AS FAR AS I AM
CONCERNED MARCONI HEARD ABSOLUTELY NOTHING.  HE DECEIVED HIMSELF AND THE
WORLD INTO THINKING HE HEARD SOMETHING.  THAT IS WHY THE POLDHU AMATEUR
RADIO CLUB AT THE MARCONI CENTRE IN CORNWALL AND THE MARCONI RADIO CLUB OF
NEWFOUNDLAND WANTED TO SET THE RECORD STRAIGHT.  IN LATE 2006 A GROUP OF
RADIO AMATEURS FROM BOTH SIDES OF THE ATLANTIC DECIDED TO RE ENACT THE
LEGENDARY TRANSMISSION.  THE IDEA CAME FROM BART LEE, KV6LEE, AN ASSOCIATE
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