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What communication system did Guglielmo Marconi install between Vatican City and Castel Gandolfo in 1932?
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Guglielmo Marconi
Italian physicist Guglielmo Marconi, shown here about 1908, invented a successful wireless telegraph (that is, a radio) in 1896.
In 1932, Guglielmo Marconi installed a radiotelephone system between Vatican City and the popeās palace at Castel Gandolfo. This installation utilized very short wavelengths, continuing his pioneering work in the development of shortwave wireless communication.1