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The first ham radio presentation in this conference trip, I had with CN2017 in Ladek Zdroj, Poland, in the premises of a tourist resort “Zamek na Skale” (means “the Castle on the Rock”). While traveling to that event, I used a train from Krakow (Krakau) to Wroclaw (Breslau). The ride took around 3.5 hrs, so I spent that time by experimenting with Polish APRS network. Although my equipment included SCS Tracker / DSP TNC, I could not use it on the train because it could not get its power supply from the USB ports of my laptop. Instead I used 'Plan B': It was a USB interface RIGblaster Plug'n'Play for making the laptop's sound-card a packet modem, and Taiwanese GPS-mouse YIC GU93030SM-USB (Fig. 1). Having in mind travel conditions such as the 'Faraday cage' of the train construction, high voltage power lines over the railway composition, a relatively high speed of the train – circa 120 km/h, and geographical configuration of surrounding terrains and so on, it was not expected that signals sent by a small hand-held radio ADI AF-16 will reach many recipients, if any (Fig. 2 & 3).
Samuel F.B. Morse Sent the First Telegraphic Message May 24, 1844
What was the first telegraph message? Sent by inventor Samuel F.B. Morse on May 24, 1844, over an experimental line from Washington, D.C., to Baltimore, the message said: “What hath God wrought?” Taken from the Bible, Numbers 23:23, and recorded on a paper tape, the phrase had been suggested to Morse by Annie Ellsworth, the young daughter of a friend. The success of the experiment would change forever the national communication system. But Morse wasn’t just interested in the telegraph.
Morse was also well respected for his paintings of people, like the self-portrait on the previous screen and this one of Mrs. David C. De Forest. He painted his subjects with honesty and insight. It was while returning from Europe to take his position as an arts professor at New York University that Morse came up with the idea of a communications system using the electro-magnet and a series of relays through a network of telegraph stations. In order to transmit messages in this system, he invented Morse Code, an alphabet of electronic dots and dashes. The system made communication across the country faster than ever before.
Western Union completed the first transcontinental telegraph line in 1861, dooming the Pony Express, but aiding forces in the Civil War. Mobile telegraph stations, like this one with hastily strung wires, connected scattered military units. President Lincoln kept up with events of the war through frequent dispatches from General George McClellan. One Confederate attack failed when soldiers became tangled up in Union telegraph wires strung from tree stump to tree stump. Morse probably never expected telegraph wires to be a booby-trap!
A generation or two ago, people would send telegrams to announce important news such as a new birth in the family. Ask your family if they have ever sent a telegram.
From: qrznow.com
Monument on MARCONI (Tower WW2GM)
sited on New Jersey - USA
Inscription:
Marconi American Wireless Company Tower "WW2GM" 1913 - 1924
Presented here is only a small top portion of the original tower. There were a number of these towers in this area. They constituted the first commercial transatlantic communication installation.
Erected 1976 by Wall Township, New Jersey.
Location. 40° 11.389′ N, 74° 3.629′ W.
Marker is near New Bedford, New Jersey, in Monmouth County. Marker is on Marconi Road 0.1 miles from Brighton Ave, on the left when traveling south. Monument is in Wall Township on the East side of Marconi Road after turning onto it from Brighton Ave. Marker is in this post office area: Belmar NJ 07719, United States of America. Best 73 de,
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