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1952-64 Courier The "Voice of America Seaborne Radio Station, Dedeecanese Islands" from the Mediterranean off the Island of Rhodes 1958-64 Cheeta Radio Mercur, Skånes Radio Mercur and Radio Syd off the Danish and Swedish coast 1960-64 Borkum Riff Radio's Veronica and CNBC off Katwijk aan Zee (Netherlands) 1960-61 Calypso Radio Cuba Independiente broadcasting from Key…

1898-89 East Goodwin Lightship First Marconi tests in the Thames estuary 1898 Flying Huntress Marconi sending news flashes from the Kingstown Regatta near Dublin (Ireland) 1989 Royal Yacht Osbourne Further Marconi tests at Cowes, Isle of Wight (UK) 1899 Defiant Marconi tests off the English coast 1902 Hartholdi First voice broadcast from a ship on…

Early Wireless Radio broadcasting from ships goes back a long way, almost to the beginning of wireless experimentation itself. The early experimenters in Europe, including Marconi himself, demonstrated the value of wireless communication by installing primitive experimental apparatus in small boats and transmitting messages across the intervening ocean. This form of wireless communication was also…