Radio History

The beginning

1880

Heinrich Hertz proved you could transmit and receive electric waves wirelessly.

Advancing radio communication

1886

Guglielmo Marconi - widely considered the “father” and “inventor” of radio
Pioneered a lot of the general basis of how long-distance radio transmissions work
One of his original inventions was an alarm that would go off when it detected electric waves from lightning
Marconi had a huge breakthrough in 1885 when he discovered he could sent the signal a greater range by raising the height of the antenna
Filed for patent on his first radio apparatus in 1886

first wireless communication

1887

Marconi send the first wireless communication over open sea in 1887. It went over the Bristol Channel in Wales at a distance of 6km (about 4 miles)

Developing wireless telegraphs

1891

Nikola Tesla - inventor - develops the Tesla Coil - induction coil widely used in radio
Produce high voltage, low-current, high frequency alternating-current electricity

First transatlantic message

1903

First transatlantic message FROM the US was in 1903, when a Marconi build station sent a message from Massachusetts to the UK

The AUDION tube

1906

invented in 1906 - it is essentially the very first amplifier to help push waves further and further by providing power to the signal