Return-Path: Received: (qmail 84797 invoked from network); 21 Jan 2004 21:06:19 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO ptb-mxscan02.plus.net) (212.159.14.236) by ptb-mailstore02.plus.net with SMTP; 21 Jan 2004 21:06:19 -0000 Received: (qmail 6685 invoked from network); 21 Jan 2004 21:06:19 -0000 X-Filtered-by: Plusnet (hmail v1.01) X-Spam-detection-level: 11 Received: from ptb-mxcore02.plus.net (212.159.14.216) by ptb-mxscan02.plus.net with SMTP; 21 Jan 2004 21:06:18 -0000 Received: from post.thorcom.com ([193.82.116.20]) by ptb-mxcore02.plus.net with esmtp (Exim) id 1AjPYI-0001bA-0r for dave@picks.force9.co.uk; Wed, 21 Jan 2004 21:06:18 +0000 X-Fake-Domain: majordom Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 4.14) id 1AjPXe-000730-4X for rs_out@blacksheep.org; Wed, 21 Jan 2004 21:05:38 +0000 Received: from [212.135.6.13] (helo=smarthost3.mail.uk.easynet.net) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 4.14) id 1AjPXd-00072r-PC for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Wed, 21 Jan 2004 21:05:37 +0000 Received: from tnt-13-14.easynet.co.uk ([212.134.22.14] helo=erica) by smarthost3.mail.uk.easynet.net with smtp (Exim 4.10) id 1AjPXb-000NUb-00 for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Wed, 21 Jan 2004 21:05:36 +0000 X-Bad-Message-ID: no DNS (erica) Message-ID: <000401c3e064$6b151100$0e1686d4@erica> From: "g3ldo" To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org References: <001301c3dfbe$cc459b80$6507a8c0@Main> Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2004 21:20:35 -0000 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Subject: LF: Re: LF Marconi Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.60 (1.212-2003-09-23-exp) on post.thorcom.com X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=5.0 tests=none autolearn=no version=2.60 X-SA-Exim-Scanned: Yes Sender: Precedence: bulk Reply-To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org X-Listname: rsgb_lf_group X-SA-Exim-Rcpt-To: rs_out@blacksheep.org X-SA-Exim-Scanned: No; SAEximRunCond expanded to false X-PN-SPAMFiltered: yes X-Spam-Rating: 2 Watched an excellent program on BBC2 TV tonight. A dramatic reconstruction of the first radio signals across the Atlantic by Marconi and his team. Technical details very good - the guys at the transmitting end had cotton wool in their ears to protect them from the noise caused by the arcs! A lot of problems at the receive end. The kite supporting the antenna was at 500ft and several kites were wreaked before the esential three dots were heard. Peter, G3LDO