History of Radio and Electronics

Morse Telegraph SystemThe introduction of the Morse telegraph system brought about one of the largest revolutions in communications the world has ever seen, arguably more important than the internet. Read about its inventor, Samuel Morse and its history:-

• Samuel Morse
• Development of the Morse Key
• The Story of the Morse Telegraph System

Check out out photographs and images of vintage wireless electronics and communications equipment on our sister site at Adrio Communications.

Great Names

Read about the great names in the history of radio and electronics:-

• Andre-Marie Ampere
• Edward Victor Appleton
• Edwin Armstrong Inventor of the regenerative radio, superhet radio and wideband FM
• Ambrose Fleming Inventor of the diode valve
• Michael Faraday
• R A Fessenden
• Johann Gauss
• Oliver Heaviside
• Hedy Lamarr Hollywood actress and inventor of frequency hopping
• Sir Oliver Lodge
• Nikola Tesla
• Thomas Alva Edison
• James Maxwell
• Guglielmo Marconi
• Hans Christian Oersted
• Captain H.J. Round
• Alessandro Volta
• Georg Ohm The man who discovered the link between resistance, voltage and cirrent in a circuit

History of Radio

Radio has been an accepted part of everyday life for many years. Its development is still ongoing, and has taken it from an interesting curiosity to a means of communication on which today's world relies. Read about the essential milestones in its development.

• The Story of Radio
• History of the Radio Receiver

The discovery and development of the thermionic valve or vacuum tube

There is a great nostalgia about the gently aroma that rises up out of a vacuum tube radio that is operating. The first tubes appeared at the beginning of the 20th Century and heralded the beginning of electronics as we know it today. Find out about their development.

• History of the vacuum tube