Tesla had plans to set up another tower in the UK as a smaller listening station to test receiving a signal across the Atlantic, and he was actually trying to get power across the Atlantic, but had told JP Morgan it was going to be a radio station, which is how things fell apart.

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Greg Leyh

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he had plans to set up another tower in the UK somewhere and it'd be a smaller one just to listen so he was actually trying to get that signal all the way across the Atlantic he was trying to get power across the Atlantic yeah he had told JP Morgan that it was going to be a radio station

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The Secret Life of Lightning: The Science of Giant Tesla Coils | Greg LeyhThe Long Now Foundation
Created: 8/12/2026, 10:15:24 PM

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