Monday, October 17, 2011

Marconi Wireless Equipment





Source: McClure's Magazine, June, 1899, pages 99-112:
MARCONI'S WIRELESS TELEGRAPH - MESSAGES SENT AT WILL THROUGH SPACE.--TELEGRAPHING WITHOUT WIRES ACROSS THE ENGLISH CHANNEL.
BY CLEVELAND MOFFETT.


I love the description of messages traveling "THROUGH SPACE". Also do note the Spark Coil is clearly visible in the latter sketch.

Spark Coil



Some have said that if they had to describe the most technologically advanced piece of equipment that was sailing on the Titanic, it would have to be the Spark Coil. One of the most cutting edge pieces of equipment at the time, the Spark Coil formed the very core of the radio transmitter.



See Also
Spark Museum - Spark Coil
How to make a jump spark coil
Spark Gap Transmitter

Sunday, October 16, 2011

Welcome to the Marconi Wireless Room

My task is to draw a replica of the Marconi Wireless Room on board of the Titanic. This is a blog collecting all the links and information I find about early wireless telegraphs, including the science behind each piece of equipment, which I will also be writing about.







See Also:

The Marconi Wireless Installation in R.M.S. Titanic by Parks Stephenson
Wireless and the Titanic by Allan Brett Vk2eba
Carpathia Rescue
Radio Operator - great resouce about Titanic's Radio Operators
Titanic's Aerial
Father Browne's Titanic Images
The Marconigraph
The Marconigraph & The Wireless Age