Chatham Radio/WCC

Chatham Radio/WCC (HM1HMX)

Location: Chatham, MA 02633 Barnstable County
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Country: United States of America
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N 41° 42.238', W 69° 58.852'

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This is the site of Chatham Radio/WCC. Maritime wireless communications flourished here, one of the 20th century's premier wireless telegraphy stations.

The Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company of America built the Chatham receiver station in 1914. This is one of many stations built during the early part of the 20th century by Guglielmo Marconi as he expanded his global communications network. It was part of an extensive network of transmitting and receiving wireless stations linking Japan, Hawaii, and the United States to Europe.

The building in front of you is the operations building, the station's communication hub. Operators in this building forwarded messages to and from Norway. After RCA took over in 1920, it was re-commissioned and became the largest ship to shore wireless telegraphy station in the United States. (Marker Number 10.)
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HM NumberHM1HMX
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Date Added Monday, November 3rd, 2014 at 3:03pm PST -08:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)19T E 418391 N 4617373
Decimal Degrees41.70396667, -69.98086667
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 41° 42.238', W 69° 58.852'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds41° 42' 14.28" N, 69° 58' 51.12" W
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Area Code(s)508, 774
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 847 Orleans Rd, Chatham MA 02633, US
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