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History
notes (part 3)
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- Starting
from
1920, the LY station was tele-operated from the
Bureau Central Radiotelegraphique in
Paris, operating the french
network (on 1922) :
- Tour
Eiffel (FL), Paris
Basse-Lande
(UA),
Nantes
St
Pierre des Corps
La
Fayette (LY)
La
Doua (YN), Lyon
Villejuif
receiving
station (until 1923)
- In
the early 1920's, the station was carrying unilateral
telegraphic
transmissions to :
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TANANARIVE (for Madagascar, Reunion, Comores)
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DJIBOUTI (for Cote des Somalis)
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BRAZZAVILLE (for Afrique Equatoriale)
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RUFISQUE, DAKAR (for Senegal and Mauritania)
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CONAKRY, for Guinea
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FORT-DE-FRANCE (for Martinique)
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CAYENNE (for Guyana)
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SAIGON (for Indochina)
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SHANGHAI
- That
was on 23450 meters.
- There
were also time and scientific signals as
well as daily broadcasts to embassies. As an example, in
January 1923, LY transmitted 104050 words.
- From
1921, The SAINTE-ASSISE station was included
in
the network. Seems it was handling communication
with US and Canada.
- From
1924 there was a broadcast station (on
1950 m) to become Bordeaux-Lafayette-PTT state
radio
station in 1926 (on 438 m).
- Among
the subsequent transmitters (lamps):
- 1926,
FYF on 3410 m to Lisbon, Rabat, Alger
1928,
FYK
on 4152 m to Algeria, Tunisia
1935,
FYQ
on HF to Bamako
1936,
FYT
on HF to United States
1937,
FYM2
on HF to Fort-de-France
1938,
FYM
on HF to Fort-de-France
1938,
FYP
on 3291 m to Europe and Near-East
1939,
FYU
on HF to Brazzaville, Dakar
1939;
FYV
on HF to Saigon, Tokyo
- Station
was
occupied by Germans during the war
and destroyed by them on 22 August 1944.
Damage
was
unrecoverable.
- Three
of the 4 remaining towers were destroyed
in
1951.
Last
one was destroyed in 1953.
- Return to first part
Informations or documents about Lafayette
Station are welcome at : eric.tiffon@freesbee.fr
Main source : Leaflet by A Nicolazzi, Direction des
télécommunications du réseau international "Croix d'Hins
ou historique de "Bordeaux - Lafayette" , 1977
Aug 2000 - 80th anniversary
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