Subj : Newsline Part 3
To : ALL USERS
From : DARYL STOUT
Date : Fri Nov 20 2015 12:42 pm
KICKER:
We close this newscast with the words of a radio pioneer, speaking
eloquently to us from the past: Nobel-prize winner Guglielmo Marconi was
visiting Sydney, Australia on Dec. 14, 1935, when he said at a public
ceremony:
QUOTE "It is indeed gratifying to me to know that the people of Australia
appreciate the extent to which wireless has figured in their prosperity,
for I firmly believe that without economical and efficient long-distance
communications, no country can make much headway." ENDQUOTE
Marconi, of course, had made headway himself in 1901, sending radio waves
across the Atlantic, shaping the future of communications. Then in 1918,
he oversaw the first direct wireless message from England to Australia - a
message received in Sydney by wireless engineer Ernest Fisk. Marconi
ultimately came to Australia in 1935, when a monument was unveiled there,
and that is where he made his speech.
Now you can hear Marconi for yourself. The Essex Record Office in the UK
obtained a recording of Marconi, and recently released it on the website,
soundcloud.com
Marconi's message, of course, is now being carried by another form of
communication - and not the kind he originally had in mind. But the
visionary, who believed in making headway and progress, likely wouldn't
be put off by the Internet because, like radio itself, it still delivers.
(SOUTHGATE, BIOGRAPHY.COM, ARRL)
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NEWSCAST CLOSE
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For now, with Caryn Eve Murray, KD2GUT, at the news desk in New York,
and our news team worldwide, I'm Don Wilbanks, AE5DW in Picayune,
Mississippi, saying 73, and as always, we thank you for listening.
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