12 Historical Events for Radio

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  • Existance of Radio Waves

    During the 1860s a scottish physicist named James Clerk Maxwell predicted the existence of radio waves. This was the start of something new.

  • Radio Waves can be Broadcasted into Space

    A german physicist named Heinrich Rudolph Hertz demonstrated that rapid variations of electric current could be projected into space in the form of radio waves similar to those of light and heat.

  • Electric Waves Transmitted Wirelessly

    A german pysicist named Henirich Hertz was the first to prove that you could transmit and recieve electric waves wirelessly. This was a great discovery.

  • Radios on Ships

    This reduced the isolation of the ships thus improving both reliability and safety. This would later be useful.

  • Electromagnetic Energy can be Transmitted

    Nikola Tesla wirelessly transmitted electromagnetic energy. Another great discovery.

  • First Radio Singnal Sent

    Guglielmo Marconi an Italian inventor, proved the feasibility of radio communication. He sent and received his first radio signal in Italy in 1895.

  • First Ship to Request Emergency Assistance

    The R.F. Matthews was the first ship to request emergency assistance using radio technology. Proving radio is ueful.

  • Audion Tube

    In 1906, Lee De Forest created the idea for the audion tube, a vacuum tube that amplified signals.

  • First Speech and Music Transmission

    Reginald Fessenden is the first to transmit a program of speech and music. Another good goal.

  • First Radio Transmission from an Airplane

    First Radio Transmission from an Airplane, this would be useful later.