We hams worry about getting signals through a few meters
of transmisssion line.
How about doing it through a few thousand kilometers,
under an ocean,
without a computer model,
and finally getting it to work?

The USA PBS TV network is showing a new program,

"American Experience: The Great Transatlantic Cable"

tonight (April 11, 2005) at 9pm EDT.

If you can't get PBS, a google search for
"Transatlantic Cable" "Cyrus Field"
brings up several links that look promising.


Cheers, 73,

Ron McC.


Ronald C. McConnell, PhD

WGS-84: N 40º 46' 57.9" +/-0.1"
W 74º 41' 21.3" +/-0.1"
FN20ps.77GU96 +/-
V +5058 H +1504

http://home.earthlink.net/~rcmcc


Hardwa
The parts of a computer system that can be kicked.
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