An ABC News story today tells of the celebrations in Darwin this week marking the start of the Overland Telegraph on 20th June 1870 when the South Australian parliament voted to dedicate about half its annual budget to building the telegraph line!
Barrie Barnes of the SA & NT Morsecodians and others appear in the video accompanying the story explaining the history.
Attempting 2 meter contact, Dominican Republic to Puerto Rico
-
*It is about 100 miles across the Mona Channel. That is a longshot on 2
meters, but I got the idea when, this past summer, I regularly heard WIDI
99.5 ...
14 hours ago


No comments:
Post a Comment