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But whether he heard something genuine or not, a few months later (February 1902) he proved it beyond all doubt (with witnesses), and this time the best transmission occurred at night&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Newfoundland. A first faint message is picked up by Guglielmo Marconi and his collaborators. 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