![Illustration used to explain how radio communication between ships works. In the background is a shore station such as the Marconi one at Poldhu, Cornwall. Dated 20th century - SuperStock Illustration used to explain how radio communication between ships works. In the background is a shore station such as the Marconi one at Poldhu, Cornwall. Dated 20th century - SuperStock](https://cdn.superstock.com/1746/Comp/1746-111355443.webp)
Illustration used to explain how radio communication between ships works. In the background is a shore station such as the Marconi one at Poldhu, Cornwall. Dated 20th century - SuperStock
![Poldhu Towers, Cornwall, England, Marconi station for sending radio signals between Newfoundland and England, 1901 Stock Photo - Alamy Poldhu Towers, Cornwall, England, Marconi station for sending radio signals between Newfoundland and England, 1901 Stock Photo - Alamy](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/D9DGMT/poldhu-towers-cornwall-england-marconi-station-for-sending-radio-signals-D9DGMT.jpg)
Poldhu Towers, Cornwall, England, Marconi station for sending radio signals between Newfoundland and England, 1901 Stock Photo - Alamy
![From Poldhu to the Italian station of Coltano: Marconi and the first years of transcontinental wireless | Semantic Scholar From Poldhu to the Italian station of Coltano: Marconi and the first years of transcontinental wireless | Semantic Scholar](https://d3i71xaburhd42.cloudfront.net/44acc1a4ccf6df116cb15870b2296c901d16625c/6-Figure1-1.png)
From Poldhu to the Italian station of Coltano: Marconi and the first years of transcontinental wireless | Semantic Scholar
![Guglielmo Marconi, Italian inventor and radio pioneer, and his wireless station at Poldhu, Cornwall (chromolitho) Guglielmo Marconi, Italian inventor and radio pioneer, and his wireless station at Poldhu, Cornwall (chromolitho)](https://images-cdn.bridgemanimages.com/api/1.0/image/600wm.XXX.58869010.7055475/1093706.jpg)
Guglielmo Marconi, Italian inventor and radio pioneer, and his wireless station at Poldhu, Cornwall (chromolitho)
![File:The Marconi Company first antenna system at Poldhu, Cornwall, December 1901.jpg - Wikimedia Commons File:The Marconi Company first antenna system at Poldhu, Cornwall, December 1901.jpg - Wikimedia Commons](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/40/The_Marconi_Company_first_antenna_system_at_Poldhu%2C_Cornwall%2C_December_1901.jpg)