[NJARC] Presentation = “The Great Sayville Wireless” - W2KRM

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 METRO FLASH NEWS
 
Wendell Benson reports on an upcoming talk in the Metropolitan Area on April 12, 2011, in which the speaker at this event is VWOA LIFE member George Flanagan.  If you desire to attend, follow the instructions listed below.
 
Date: April 7, 2011 2:04:14 PM EDT
To: wenben at nyc.rr.com
Subject: Some Special Club Events Coming Soon in NLI
 
Good Day All-
 
First, on Tuesday, April 12th, the Symbol Technologies Amateur Radio Club (STARC) will be hosting a presentation by George Flanagan, W2KRM, at Motorola in Holtsville at 6:00pm.
 
All Amateurs, wireless enthusiasts and history buffs are invited to attend; please RSVP to w2sbl at motorolasolutions.com for registration and visitor badge access for non-Motorolans.
 
The topic of the presentation is: “The Great Sayville Wireless”
 
In 1911, on a 102-acre site in West Sayville, the German firm Telefunken began construction of America’s most technologically advanced commercial wireless station, the first able to consistently span the Atlantic. Service opened to great fanfare, with messages exchanged between President Wilson and the German Kaiser. At the outbreak of World War I when Germany’s cables were cut, Sayville became America’s only direct link with Germany and target of espionage allegations galore.
 
The program is illustrated with many vintage photographs of the site, with its 500-foot tower – the tallest structure on LI at the time - and apparatus, such as the 60-kW spark and 100-kW HF Alternator transmitters, which will be described in detail.
 
George Flanagan, W2KRM, is a retired mechanical engineer and member of the Long Island Radio & TV Historical Society.

Forwarded by
73, John Dilks, K2TQN


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