Wireless Radio
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-0-7864-2662-1 (ISBN)
In 1873 Scottish physicist James Clerk Maxwell first advanced the idea that there might be electromagnetic waves that were similar to light waves, a startling concept to the scientists of his day. About 13 years later, German physicist Heinrich Hertz demonstrated in his laboratory that electromagnetic radiation did indeed exist. But it was not until after Hertz's death that a young Italian named Guglielmo Marconi got the idea for a practical communications system based on Hertz's work.
Marconi was surprised and disappointed that the Italian government was not interested in his newly discovered wireless communications system, and thus he took his equipment to England. From that point on, the wireless became identified with Britain. From these beginnings, wireless radio became the basis of a revolution that has resulted in the satellite communications of today. This history first looks at Marconi's invention and then explores its many applications, including marine radio, cellular telephones, police and military uses, television and radar. Radio collecting is also discussed, and brief biographies are provided for the major figures in the development and use of the wireless.
Lewis Coe of Crown Point, Indiana, is also the author of The Telephone and Its Several Inventors (1995) and The Telegraph (1993).
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
List of Illustrations
Preface
1. They Called It Wireless
2. Marine Radio
3. The Broadcast Boom
4. Amateur Radio
5. Point to Point
6. Potpourri
7. On the Move
8. Military Radio
9. Cellular and Satellite Telephones
10. Wireless Transmission of Power
11. Television
12. Police Radio
13. The Morse Code
14. The Vast Continent
15. Radar
16. Collecting
Epilogue
Glossary
Appendices
1. Biographies of Radio Pioneers in the United States
2. Marconi's Yacht
3. Radio Organizations
4. Radio Publications
5. FCC, January 9, 1942
6. FCC, January 9, 1942
7. Order Closing Amateur Radio Stations, April 1917
8. Phonetic Word List Used in Radiotelephony
9. International “Q” Signals Used in Radiotelegraphy
10. Radio Museums
11. Citizens Band Frequencies
Select Bibliography
Index
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 30.5.2006 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 48 photos, appendices, index |
| Verlagsort | Jefferson, NC |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Gewicht | 277 g |
| Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Technikgeschichte |
| Technik ► Nachrichtentechnik | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-7864-2662-4 / 0786426624 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-7864-2662-1 / 9780786426621 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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