On This Day in Telephone History December 23RD 1931 Overseas telephone service opened to Hawaiian Islands. The Transpacific Telephone Company in Dixon, CA, an AT&T subsidiary, deployed a rhombic antenna aimed towards Hawaii for radio-telephone transpacific communication. On the Hawaiian end, an RCA receiving station at Koko Head and a transmitter site at Kahuku Point on Oahu connected to the Mutual Telephone Company.

On This Day in Telephone History December 23RD 1931

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On This Day in Telephone History December 23RD 1931 Overseas Telephone Service opened to Hawaiian Islands.

The Transpacific Telephone Company in Dixon, CA, an AT&T subsidiary, deployed a rhombic antenna aimed towards Hawaii for radio-telephone transpacific communication. On the Hawaiian end, an RCA receiving station at Koko Head and a transmitter site at Kahuku Point on Oahu connected to the Mutual Telephone Company.

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