Channel 4 TV features antique Marconi Emergency Wireless Transmitter

Monday evening's Channel 4 TV show, 'Titantic: The Mission' features a 100 year-old Marconi Emergency Wireless Transmitter.

Titantic - The Mission will be broadcast on Channel 4 on Monday, October 25, at 21:00 BST. The description of the show says:

Brendan tracks down a 100-year-old Marconi Emergency Wireless Transmitter and begins a delicate restoration of this antiquity with the aim of transmitting a message.

He discovers that the radio set wasn't just a safety device; it was also used to send First Class passenger telegrams.
In the busy hours leading up to the disaster the wireless operators were sending passenger messages. A nearby ship, The Californian, tried to warn them of icebergs directly ahead but was told by Titanic's wireless operator that he was blocking the airwaves and to keep quiet: one factor among many in the tragedy.

The show will be available on the web at
http://www.channel4.com/programmes/
titanic-the-mission/4od

Titanic: The Mission Series 1, Episode 5
http://www.channel4.com/programmes/
titanic-the-mission/episode-guide/series-1/episode-5

A picture of the Marconi Hall Street factory, established in
Chelmsford in 1899, can be seen at:
http://www.g0mwt.org.uk/new-street/index.htm

• The Chelmsford Amateur Radio Society run training courses for the Foundation, Intermediate and Advanced exams as well as Morse Code training. For more details speak to Clive G1EUC on
Tel: 01245-224577
Mob: 07860-418835
E-mail: training2010<at>g0mwt.org.uk

Web: http://www.g0mwt.org.uk/training/

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