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Bodmin Radio Station buildings

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This was the Bodmin Beam Wireless Station, opened for service on 25 October, 1926. It was the UK transmitting station for Marconi's UK-to-Canada Beam Wireless Service, the first transoceanic shortwave wireless telegraph service in the world. It transmitted signals to a shortwave receiver at Marconi's Yamachiche Beam Wireless Station near Montreal, Canada. The UK receiver station was the Bridgwater Beam Wireless Station. Link The UK-to-Canada Beam Wireless Service remained in operation until October, 2002 when it was made obsolete by fiberoptic and satellite communications.