Homage to first shortwave trans-Atlantic radio broadcast

Radio enthusiasts are to recreate the first ever trans-Atlantic shortwave broadcast - 95 years after it connected Ardrossan and the United States.Members of the Radio Society of Great Britain took part at the North Ayrshire coastal town on Sunday.They exchanged broadcasts with the American Radio Relay League (ARRL) and the Radio Club of America in Connecticut.The groups said the first transmission helped pioneer global communications.