Initially, the station's range was officially a 40 kilometres radius of the Alexandra Palace transmitter—in practice, however, transmissions could be picked up a good deal further away, and on one occasion in 1938 were picked up by engineers at RCA in New York, who were experimenting with a British television set. COUNT 4
QSN1 How far from its studio could the BBC's broadcast originally reach? ANS1 40 kilometres QSN2 In what year were BBC broadcasts seen in the United States? ANS2 1938 QSN3 What company did the U.S. engineers who saw the BBC broadcast work for? ANS3 RCA QSN4 What did the RCA employees use in order to receive the BBC signal? ANS4 a British television set