mt nelson to tasman island 1906. 3/4 february 1906, the prodigious william philpot hallam conducted a number of successful experiments using home-made equipment and assisted by his team of co-workers at the telegraph office of the hobart gpo. the report was as follows: "on saturday and sunday mr. w. p. hallam, of the telegraph department at hobart post-office, conducted some interesting experiments in wireless telegraphy, between mt. nelson signal station and tasman island, also between that station and a steamer proceeding down the river. the s.s. moonah left hobart in the afternoon on saturday equipped with a wireless receiving apparatus, and signals were sent from mt. nelson, and received on board up to the time the steamer passed out of the river. the next day mr. hallam's assistant landed from the s.s. moonah at tasman island, fixed up a receiving circuit there, and he received signals sent by mr. hallam from mt. nelson, from 9 a.m. till 11.50 p.m.; but not having a transmitting instrument the assistant could not reply. the receiving indicator was one of mr. hallam's own design. he states that the trial was very satisfactory as far as it went, and it was only a matter of detail to put wireless telegraphy into regular use between those two places. the main object of the test was in connection with the desire of the marine board to establish wireless telegraphy between mt. nelson and the lighthouses, and it is evident that this may be done without difficulty, being simply a question of cost."