Berkeley Daily Gazette, April 16, 1928 - Fwd: [mdarc] First Morse Code Transmission from Mt. Diablo?

[giovanni_re]

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From: KM6QX <j.w.s...@comcast.net>
To: md...@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [mdarc] First Morse Code Transmission from Mt. Diablo?
Date: Tue, 21 May 2013 14:07:12 -0000


Is it possible that the first Morse code transmissions from Mt. Diablo
was done using a neon light! ?

Article from Berkeley Daily Gazette, April 16, 1928: ",, the "SD"
beacon and its identitly will be flashed from the tower by red neon
lights in Morse continental code."

[Note: remove backslash from below url]

http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1970&dat=19280414&id=f10iAAAAIBAJ&\
sjid=bKcFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1113,1233212
<http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1970&dat=19280414&id=f10iAAAAIBAJ\
&sjid=bKcFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1113,1233212>

Does anyon know what kind of automatic keyer could have been used in
1928?

John Stuart, KM6QX
Save Mount Diablo, Beacon Restoration Committee
http://www.savemountdiablo.org/activities_events_beacon.html
<http://www.savemountdiablo.org/activities_events_beacon.html>




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