Radio transmission was pushed to greater and greater lengths, and by 1899, Marconi had sent a signal nine miles across the Bristol Channel and 31 miles across the English Channel to France.

He designed a transmitter to send and a receiver to detect radio waves. By the end of the century Marconi had managed to send signals over several miles with no wires, and the idea was taking hold ...

Long-wave radio signals spray out from the transmitters in undulations from 200 to 25,000 metres in length. They surge through & around obstacles or up against and down from the ionized Kennelly ...

Woofferton Transmitting Station celebrated its 80th anniversary on Tuesday, Oct. 17. Encompass Digital Media, the current owner/operator of the site, said Woofferton is the only remaining shortwave ...