Matt Blaze on Nostr: From the 1930's through 1999, AT&T operated a "high seas" radiotelephone service for ...
From the 1930's through 1999, AT&T operated a "high seas" radiotelephone service for oceangoing ships to make phone calls over shortwave radio. There were three stations on the coasts of the US: KMI (at Point Reyes, CA), WOM (near Miami), and WOO (on the Jersey shore). The stations had large fields of giant antennas tuned to accommodate changing radio conditions. AT&T discontinued the service, by then rendered obsolete by the advent of satellite telephones, on November 9, 1999.
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