Transatlantic Radio Signals

At Signal Hill on 12 December 1901, Guglielmo Marconi and his assistant George Kemp confirmed the reception of the first transatlantic radio signals. Using a telephone receiver and a wire antenna kept aloft by a kite, they heard Morse code for the letter "S" transmitted from Poldhu, Cornwall. Their experiment showed that radio signals extended far beyond the horizon, giving radio a new global dimension for communication in the twentieth century.

Newfoundland and Labrador · Canada