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Occupation Interests / Re: Marconi information
« on: Wednesday 28 August 13 12:14 BST (UK) »
In addition to the information given above, Marconi, along with GS Kemp and P Paget, went to Signal Hill, St John's Nova Scotia in 1901 to receive a signal sent from Poldhu in Cornwall. This signal was disputed and so Kemp and Paget returned a year later to repeat the experiment.
The connection with Galway is that earlier in 1901 a station was set up in Clifden to receive a relayed message from Poldhu via Co. Wexford.
As George Stephen Kemp is my Gt Gt Uncle, I have been interested in the development of radio communication from a very early age, and know from family history research that tracking him across the world is difficult, he never stopped anywhere very long!
The connection with Galway is that earlier in 1901 a station was set up in Clifden to receive a relayed message from Poldhu via Co. Wexford.
As George Stephen Kemp is my Gt Gt Uncle, I have been interested in the development of radio communication from a very early age, and know from family history research that tracking him across the world is difficult, he never stopped anywhere very long!