January 18, 2009 - 107 years ago, on January 18, 1903, a wireless radio station built by Guglielmo Marconi near Coast Guard Beach sent a message of greetings from Theodore Roosevelt, the President of the United States, to King Edward VII of the United Kingdom. This was the first transatlantic radio transmission originating in the United States. The station was also one of the first to receive the distress signals from the sinking Titanic.
In honor of the Marconi transmission, amateur radio operators with KMICC, the Marconi Cape Cod Radio Club, have installed antennas at Coast Guard beach and are making contacts with other radio operators around the world.
The antennas at Coast Guard beach are temporary and are scheduled to come down on January 22.
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Brenzzz
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... It's January 31 and the tower is still up. It's 9 days past the day the article says it will come down. Please, please remove it today! |
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mike
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Antennas are like a Christo Installation Okay, okay... the view has been messed up since the antenna(s) went up. No question. It makes me appreciate how good the view normally is. On the other hand, if you go to CG beach and see ALL of the antennas that are set up it\'s pretty cool and beautiful in a way. Think of it as a sort of art installation in honor of Guglielmo\'s 1st wireless transmission to UK from USA - a precursor to the cell phones we all now carry in our pockets. Kind of reminds me of Christo. [url= http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C...ki/Christo. The Seashore told me that the antenna is coming down by the end of the month. The view will be back. And just like Running Fence (a temporary 30 mile 6\' high nylon fence that ran across the undeveloped hills of Marin County to the Pacific Ocean), the Surrounded Islands (11 islands in Miami\'s Biscayne Bay that had their shorelines temporarily wrapped in pink fabric) and other Christo works, the imposition of man-made elements in a pristine environment makes me appreciate it more. |
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Macaroni and Cheese
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Bob A Bob - How big is your back yard? Can I re-enact Kitty Hawk in it? Mine back yard isn't big enough. Please note given certain risks associated with rear propeller flight I will be using a B1-B Lancer - go get some ear plugs its loud....107 years BABY time to celebrate the first flight!!!! |
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Bob A
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... Kudos to KIMCC for taking the effort to celebrate the Marconi event! These negative comments regarding the temporary radio tower are way over the top, given the facts stated in the blog that explains KMICC's presence at the site. As a frequent visitor to CGB webcam, and my wife a daily [hourly] viewer, the distracted view was at first alarming - but the press release provides an excellent and acceptable reason. I've been a promoter for community events that are sponsored by low-key, non-profit organizations, I can assure you that KIMCC worked through the complex approval process to get their project erected. From recollection of my last visit to Marconi, there aren't any power services to run the project, and with the Marconi site being a more remote location, visitors wouldn't see their effort, and possibly place the equipment & public at risk. Celebrate for a few weeks with KIMCC! Without them, we wouldn't have emergency civil radio services when power goes out on the Cape, and without Marconi, you most likely wouldn't have wireless phones, sat-TV, or this website to view [and complain!] about the tower. |
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markz23
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Tower I am sorry, but that is a horrible place to put a radio tower even for a temporary amount of time. |
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June Moore
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... Thank you for posting an explination of the tower, we were a little worried, really it is a wonderful event, however thank God it is only temp. Coast Guard Beach's undisturbed view is like no other. |
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