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Was the first person to send and recieve a radio signal. Some dont think he did it but most people do. Marconi was an Italian inventor.
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Marconi opened the first radio factory in Chelmsford, England, and hired around 50 people.
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Used the idea of the Audion Tube. It was used to amplify signals. Reginald Fessended originally came up with the idea.
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The Wireless Ship Act requires all ships of the United States traveling over two-hundred miles off the coast and carrying over fifty passengers to have wireless radio equipment with a range of one-hundred miles.
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Orignally 8XK and then renamed KDKA. Still broadcasts from Pittsburg, Pennsylvania.
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Aired first 10 minute commercial. Total cost was 50 dollars. Thats 5 dollars a minute.
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Organized FRC in 1927. Too many home stations broadcasting. It organized the licensing of transmitters.
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FM radio was patented and Edwin Armstrong invented it. FM uses frequency modulation of the radio wave to minimize static and interference to make things more clear.
