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Halle - Heritage Day - April 2008

This was a major highlight in my life as a collector. As it happened close to my home, I was able to put a lot of effort into it, and many hundreds of items were on display. The primary theme was 19th century landline telegraphy, but at that time I still owned some early Marconi items (such as the magnetic detector, multiple tuner, 10-inch coil, coherer and more), as well as some nice early telephones and radios, so I also showed many of these items.

‘Technopolis’, a scientific museum oriented towards a younger audience, provided educational exhibits, and the exhibition was open for the public for two weekends. During the intervening week many schools sent classes, and in the evening selected special groups were invited, such as radio amateurs (‘hams’), telecom managers, people from telecommunications manufacturers and providers, and so on. For these visitors I had set up a laboratory table so that I could explain the parts and the working of a Morse telegraph in a simple way, before they took a guided tour.
In total more than 1,300 people showed up!

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