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built this antenna beginning April 1901 to transmit the first transatlantic radio message to Canada. It consisted of 20 thin wooden masts in a circle supporting 200 wires in an inverted cone shape attached to the transmitter building. However on September 17, 1901 the antenna collapsed in a storm.
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Marconi quickly built a replacement antenna consisting of 54 wires in an inverted pyramid shape supported by 4 sturdy wooden towers. On 12 December 1901 Marconi reported the first transatlantic radio transmission from Poldhu to
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The first Marconi Company antenna system at its transatlantic radiotelegraphy station at
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Antenna of Marconi's transatlantic transmitter at Poldhu, Cornwall, UK in 1901
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