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Exposed Signal Hill above St John’s, Newfoundland, 12 December 1901: coarse winter grass, shallow rock, a stout packing crate supporting the receiver, and open windy sky; the apparatus and two men occupy the working foreground. Marconi’s curled right hand encloses the earpiece handle while its cup contacts his left ear. The braided pair runs continuously from the earpiece to two terminals on the receiving unit. The aerial’s lower end clamps to the receiver terminal; its strain insulator joins the hemp tether fixed to the iron ground anchor. The earth lead runs from the receiver to the stake clamp. The receiver rests on the crate; crate base, stake, Marconi’s boots, and Kemp’s knee and boot meet the rocky ground. The kite-supported receiving wire is approximately 152 m (500 ft) long—about ninety times a 1.7 m standing man—and continues beyond the upper frame. 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