Nothing between here and Newfoundland

Well, that’s not quite true, of course the curvature of the Earth is in the way, and that is why Marconi chose this place to see if a Radio signal of the Morse letter S could be received in Newfoundland. It was done in December 1901, proving his belief that it was possible.
We went to the Marconi museum at Poldhu again and this time it was open, but not until the afternoon so we cycled to Helston and had a very nice lunch. Back at Poldhu,  LooseCanon was in his element as the museum premises are where the local Radio Amateurs Group meet. He could talk Radio with them for hours. He’s a lapsed Ham now because apparently it all got too easy when newer digital equipment came in.
He’s still proficient at Morse though!
The photo is of the aerial equipment belonging to the club. 
In other news Son1 / Child 2 / Occasional Blipper Richharris, ran the Great North Run today in a respectable time of 1 hour 46 something minutes. Not bad when he broke a toe a couple of months ago and then was on holiday for two weeks. So training was a lot less than he would have liked.