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CHARACTERISTIC LENGTH OF THE TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING ANTENNAS THAT
FAVORED ONE FREQUENCY OVER ANOTHER.  THIS IS NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH TRUE
HARMONICS OF THE FUNDAMENTAL.  IN TRUTH, THERE WAS NO FUNDAMENTAL.  IF THE
POLDHU ANTENNA WAS RESONANT AT 860 KHZ I
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VMARC W4COV 430 2 8 1,758 VA COPPELL ARC KD5OEW 180 2 20 1,590 NTX YUMA

MEMBER OF POLDHU ARC, WHO REALIZED THAT THE SOLAR CONDITIONS IN THE WINTER
OF 2006/2007 WOULD BE SIMILAR TO WHEN MARCONI RECEIVED THE SIGNALS IN
NEWFOUNDLAND SUNSPOT MINIMUM IN MIDWINTER WITH ITS ATTENDANT LOW
IONOSPHERIC D LAYER ABSORPTION AND MINIMUM ABSORPTION FREQUENCY.  AS BART
SAID I DETERMINED, IN 1998 OR SO, THAT THE SUNSPOT NUMBER IN DECEMBER 1901
WAS EXACTLY ZERO, A REMARKABLE COINCIDENCE IF NOTHING ELSE.  THE D LAYER
DAYLIGHT ABSORPTION WAS THEN MUCH LESS THAN NOWADAYS BECAUSE THE AMOUNT OF
ATMOSPHERIC NITRIC OXIDE WAS LESS, TOO.  CARL LUETZELSCHWAB, K9LA, FIRST
POINTED OUT TO ME THE ROLE OF NITRIC OXIDE IN THE D LAYER.  WHAT THIS COULD
MEAN IN 1901 IS THAT A WHOLE LOT MORE OF MARCONIS 15 KW HIT THE F LAYER TO
COME DOWN IN ST JOHNS THAN WOULD HAPPEN TODAY.  HOW MUCH MORE IS HARD TO
SAY.  SO 1901 PERHAPS GOT A BONUS IN DBM RELATIVE TO TODAY.  FROM THE START
OF NOVEMBER, THE POLDHU AMATEUR RADIO CLUB, BASED AT MARCONIS ORIGINAL
TRANSMITTER SITE ON THE LIZARD PENINSULA, CORNWALL, USED A 160 METER BEACON
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876 QC WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA ARC KI4PND 115 2 15 480 AL 4F STANFORD ARC W6YX
K6SU 5057 2 40 17,158 SCV W8FY K8VGL 1998 2 24 6,042 OH MAXIM MEMORIAL
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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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DE COWANSVILLE VA2SIC VE2CLD 377 2 5 1,124 QC ARIZONA DPS ARC K7DPS 440 2 8
1,052 AZ OKLAHOMA CITY OFFICE OF EM WX5EOC 410 2 23 990 OK ST LOUIS CO
RACES N0EOC 80 2 4 924 MN RADIO AMATEURS DE DRUMMONDVILLE VE2CRD 111 2 4
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