A Centennial Celebration of Marconi and RCA Wireless Radio in West Marin, Califo

[Fansome]

A Centennial Celebration of Marconi and RCA Wireless Radio in West Marin, California 1914-2014

This year, September 24th marks the 100th anniversary of the very first Trans-Pacific wireless radio transmission. This milestone took place in 1914 at the Marconi-built radio stations in Bolinas and Marshall, in Marin County, on the Pacific coast of California. The mayors of both San Francisco and Honolulu were present at the stations as the first wireless signal was received with much fanfare, 2,100 miles away in Oahu Hawaii, establishing transpacific communications. Marconi, RCA and its successors kept the West Marin stations operational for point-to-point and ship-to-shore services until 1997. The Bolinas station and a receiving station built in 1929 by RCA were acquired in 1998 by the National Park Service at Point Reyes National Seashore, an hour north of San Francisco.  For the past fifteen years the Maritime Radio Historical Society of Marin has partnered with the park to restore historic equipment and get the stations back on the air for commemorative and demonstration purposes. Every Saturday they once again fill the airwaves with CW from what was for eight decades the most powerful station on the Pacific Coast, KPH.

This year between April and September, Point Reyes National Seashore is partnering with seven other local museums and non-profits to host a series of exhibits and events in the West Marin community to celebrate the Centennial. The programs provide opportunities for adults and kids to learn more about the beginning of wireless communications that proliferate in our time, and how they translate into contemporary technology, learning activities, art, and the future of communications.

For more information www.nps.gov/pore and www.radiomarine.org

Download the PDF Radio Centennial Program here.
Source URL: http://www.comsoc.org/blog/centennial-celebration-marconi-and-rca-wireless-radio-west-marin-california-1914-2014

[audiokaos]

Lol, that's funny. Trans Atlantic was GB to Canada. Trans Pacific is just Hawaii to the continental US? Might agree if it was Australia/New Zealand or China / Korea, but strikes me that's only half way..

[Pigmeat]

The moon over Marin is always worth the trip.