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| Contact Us Marconi National Historic Site
P.O. Box 159
Baddeck, Nova Scotia
Canada
B0E 1B0
Tel:
(902) 295-2069
Fax:
(902) 295-3496
Email:
information@pc.gc.ca
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Marconi National Historic Site of Canada
Activities
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On December 15th, the aerial beamed out a sequence of radio waves. A fraction of a second later the signals reached a sister station near Poldhu, on the southwest coast of England. The first official wireless message had been successfully transmitted across the Atlantic.
© Parks Canada / Morrison Powell, 2002
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Annual Programs
International Marconi Day is celebrated annually in late April. Major events in wireless radio communication history have occurred in locations around the world. Each year, amateur radio operators celebrate by trying to contact as many of the 15 stations as possible
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