[debunking marconi] how to waste thousands of dollars

On Dec. 12, 1901, Italian inventor Guglielmo Marconi made history by using a kite and some copper wire atop Signal Hill in St. John's to receive a wireless signal from across the Atlantic Ocean. More than a century later, a group of radio scientists in Newfoundland are conducting a series of tests aiming to debunk Mr. Marconi's claim to fame. "We're essentially setting out to prove it wrong," said Joe Craig, a physicist and director of the Marconi Radio Club. I love some of the reader comments:

While we're at it, let's debunk the biggest scientific fraud...
Perhaps the scientists would get a better understanding by listening...
Poor Marconi, he should have discovered global warming instead...

The full report is here.