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The
Station Today
View of Operating
Position.
The Lizard Wireless Station
was set up by the Marconi Company at the end of
1900 to supply a ship-shore radio service with ships
passing Lizard Point. It also served as a research
centre and a monitoring station for the trans Atlantic
Poldhu Wireless station at Poldhu Cove, Mullion.
The museum is housed in the refurbished original
buildings, the interior being, as far as possible,
a true facsimile of the station at the start of
the 20th century.
The establishment of the museum,
which is run by the National Trust volunteers. It is open between 1.30pm
and 4pm in the afternoons between May and September
on Sundays, and other days see "Times" page; with restricted opening in other
months depending on the weather and staff
availability. The equipment is demonstrated to visitors
and the volunteers are delighted to give a history
of the station. As well as a museum, it is also
an amateur radio station where visiting licensed
amateurs may operate for a small charge.
Close up of
Spark Transmitter
Guglielmo Marconi
(Grandson) during his visit to the Wireless station
on December 12th 2001
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