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Marconi's First Radio Transmissions Across Water

1897 1947
NEAR THIS SPOT
THE FIRST RADIO MESSAGES
WERE EXCHANGED ACROSS WATER
BY
GUGLIELMO MARCONI
AND
GEORGE KEMP
BETWEEN LAVERNOCK AND FLAT HOLM 11th MAY,
LAVERNOCK AND BREAN DOWN 18th MAY 1897
 
ERECTED BY THE ROTARY CLUB OF CARDIFF 1947
 
Submitted by: Alistair Wylie 

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