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Hertz published his results in a series of papers between 1887 and 1890, [46] and again in complete book form in 1893. [47] The first of the papers published, "On Very Rapid Electric Oscillations", gives an account of the chronological course of his investigation, as far as it was carried out up to the end of the year 1886 and the beginning of ...
The first commercial AM Audion vacuum tube radio transmitter, built in 1914 by Lee De Forest who invented the Audion in 1906 During the mid-1920s, amplifying vacuum tubes revolutionized radio receivers and transmitters .
Sir John Ambrose Fleming (29 November 1849 – 18 April 1945) was an English electrical engineer and physicist who invented the vacuum tube, [2] designed the radio transmitter with which the first transatlantic radio transmission was made, and also established the right-hand rule used in physics.
1922: J. McWilliams Stone invents the first portable radio receiver. George Frost builds the first "car radio" in his Ford Model T. 1923 The 15-year-old Manfred von Ardenne is granted his first patent for an electron tube having a plurality of electrodes. Siegmund Loewe (1885–1962) builds with the tube his first radio receiver "Loewe Opta-".
John Robinson Pierce (March 27, 1910 – April 2, 2002), was an American engineer and author. He did extensive work concerning radio communication, microwave technology, computer music, psychoacoustics, and science fiction. [1]
1920s: Radio was first used to transmit pictures visible as television. 1926: Official Egyptian decree to regulate radio transmission stations and radio receivers. [40] Early 1930s: Single sideband (SSB) and frequency modulation (FM) were invented by amateur radio operators. By 1940, they were established commercial modes.
Dorman D. Israel, a young radio engineer from the University of Cincinnati, designed and built the station's first two radio transmitters (at 100 and 1,000 watts). [19] [20] The Crosley Corporation claimed that in 1928 WLW became the first 50-kilowatt commercial station in the United States with a regular broadcasting schedule. In 1934 Crosley ...
A book published in 1946 by Charles A. Siepmann heralded FM stations as "Radio's Second Chance". [48] In late 1945, Armstrong contracted with John Orr Young, founding member of the public relations firm Young & Rubicam , to conduct a national campaign promoting FM broadcasting, especially by educational institutions.