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October 3rd 04, 03:52 PM
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Radio puzzler No. 6
How did the word "Radio" come about ?
-- Keyboard to you |
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October 3rd 04, 04:12 PM
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"Keyboard In The Wilderness" wrote in message news:QmU7d.41229$aW5.32073@fed1read07... How did the word "Radio" come about ? -- Keyboard to you Hertz's coined the term. I think from radiant or radiation? -- 73 and good DXing. Brian ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A lot of radios and 100' of rusty wire! Zumbrota, Southern MN Brian's Radio Universe http://webpages.charter.net/brianhill/ |
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October 3rd 04, 04:17 PM
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Very good Brian
Answer is (as best we know) ORIGIN OF THE WORD RADIO From "UNITED STATES EARLY RADIO HISTORY" BY THOMAS H. WHITE Radio, currently a synonym for "electromagnetic radiation", actually first came into use before Heinrich Hertz's proof of the existence of radio waves. Originally "radio" was a general prefix meaning "radiant" or "radiation" -- hence the term "radio-activity" for the alpha, beta, and gamma rays emitted by decaying atoms. In Europe, some of the persons investigating Hertz's discovery began using the "radio-" prefix -- for example, in 1890 Edouard Branly in France called his receiver a "radio-conductor", the October 24, 1902 issue of The Electrician (London) included an article titled "The Radio-telegraphic Expedition of the H.I.M.S. 'Carlo Alberto'", and a report in the November 19, 1904 Electrical Review about Belgium marine applications noted that "radio-telegraphy has entered into the domain of current practice". -- Keyboard to you "Brian Hill" wrote in message ... "Keyboard In The Wilderness" wrote in message news:QmU7d.41229$aW5.32073@fed1read07... How did the word "Radio" come about ? -- Keyboard to you Hertz's coined the term. I think from radiant or radiation? -- 73 and good DXing. Brian ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A lot of radios and 100' of rusty wire! Zumbrota, Southern MN Brian's Radio Universe http://webpages.charter.net/brianhill/ |
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#4
October 4th 04, 12:47 PM
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Keyboard In The Wilderness schreef:
Very good Brian Answer is (as best we know) ORIGIN OF THE WORD RADIO From "UNITED STATES EARLY RADIO HISTORY" BY THOMAS H. WHITE Radio, currently a synonym for "electromagnetic radiation", actually first came into use before Heinrich Hertz's proof of the existence of radio waves. Originally "radio" was a general prefix meaning "radiant" or "radiation" -- In Spanisch the use of the word "radio" reveils this. CaRaCol = Cadena Radial Colombiana Literally: Radiating network in Colombia. ruud |
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#5
October 3rd 04, 04:13 PM
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"Keyboard In The Wilderness" wrote in message news:QmU7d.41229$aW5.32073@fed1read07... How did the word "Radio" come about ? -- Keyboard to you I also remember reading that people in France at the time were refering to it as Radio? -- 73 and good DXing. Brian ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A lot of radios and 100' of rusty wire! Zumbrota, Southern MN Brian's Radio Universe http://webpages.charter.net/brianhill/ |
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#6
October 3rd 04, 06:00 PM
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Keyboard In The Wilderness wrote: How did the word "Radio" come about ? -- Keyboard to you Short for "radiotelemetry", basically "sending waves through the air". Tony |
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