"Coast" episode about Marconi in Ireland

[Nick]

Just a short episode from 2012 - not for a technical audience but fun stuff.

Marconi's full history in Ireland seems to have some inconsistencies , but this is really quite fun stuff - I love the absolutely massive capacitors he had.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0...to-clifden

[ppppenguin]

Marconi had irish ancestry - in the Jamieson whiskey family. This gave him good conenections in England when he came over and established his business.

Minor quibble: Podhu is on the Lizard Peninsula, not at Land's End.

Not too many people around to annoy with radio interference

[pwdrive]

So far as I can make out the original transmitter was a 15kV DC job, how did they key that?

Lawrence.

[Crackle]

With a broom handle?