Site of Marconi transmitting station, near Caernarfon
WEBSite of Marconi transmitting station, near Caernarfon. In 1913 the wireless pioneer Guglielmo Marconi opened Britain's first long-wave wireless transmitting station on this hillside. He visited the site many times during the station’s construction, staying at Caernarfon’s Royal Hotel.
BBC - Wales History: Marconi's Welsh wireless revolution
WEBMay 11, 2012 · On 13 May 1897 radio pioneer Guglielmo Marconi made telecommunications history, transmitting a radio signal across open sea for the first time. He chose Lavernock Point in the Vale of...
BBC - Wales History: Marconi and the Welsh connection
WEBAug 1, 2011 · In 1901 he achieved the first radio link to America on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean and when, in 1909, Guglielmo Marconi shared the Nobel Prize in Physics with Karl Ferdinand Braun, it...
List of Marconi wireless stations - Wikipedia
WEBMarconi's station at Poldhu, Cornwall, England, initially constructed in October 1900 on a cliff in a remote location to avoid publicity during initial experimentation, was the first large radio transmitter in the world. Marconi decided in …
Marconi Wireless Station - Carnarvon Revisited | Welsh Country
WEBMar 23, 2023 · Stories of accidents, deaths, marriages and funerals all featured the north Wales Marconi stations, many due to the wartime presence of a fairly large contingent of soldiers guarding them.
Marconi in Wales - Our World
WEBDid you know that one of the world’s greatest inventors carried out much of his work around the coast of Wales, both in the north and south? Though this gentleman was of Italian birth he spent much of his youth working with British born scientists and inventors here, including in …
The Marconi Station History, Walks & Interesting Facts
WEBThe Marconi Station heritage site of wireless transmission near Clifden with interesting facts, photos, maps, opening times and when to visit.
BBC Blogs - Wales - Marconi's Welsh wireless revolution
WEBMay 11, 2012 · On 13 May 1897 radio pioneer Guglielmo Marconi made telecommunications history, transmitting a radio signal across open sea for the first time. He chose Lavernock Point in the Vale of Glamorgan...
English – Coflein
WEBTwo houses, known as Hafodybryn and Suilven, are the site of the first successful Marconi long wave radio receiving station. The transmitting station (nprn 405838) was at Waunfawr in north...
English – Coflein
WEBDescription. The remains of the Marconi Wireless Telegraphy Company’s long wave transmitting station, universally then known by the company as the ‘Carnarvon’ station, are situated on the...