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unusual facts about Submarine communications cable



John Denison-Pender, 2nd Baron Pender

His paternal Great Grandfather was Sir John Pender, the submarine communications cables pioneer who founded the Eastern Telegraph Company and other Worldwide Telegraph Companies, which became Cable & Wireless, and was the lead financier in the first successful laying of the Transatlantic Telegraph in 1866.

Power cable

Gutta-percha insulation used on the first submarine cables was, however, unsuitable for building wiring use since it deteriorated rapidly when exposed to air.

Signaling System No. 5

C5 was designed for Inter-Continental traffic where many transmission paths were lengthy terrestrial, often submarine cable, and geostationary satellite links.

The U.S. Naval Communication Station Philippines

During the Vietnam War, all communications from Vietnam to the United States Mainland were routed first through here by an undersea cable from Nha Trang, then forwarded to Naval Link Station Mount Santa Rita, then to the Dau relay facility at Clark AFB, and finally to the HF transmitter site at the U.S. Naval Radio Station Tarlac also known as U.S. Naval Radio Transmitter Facility, Capas, Tarlac.


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