Do You Know Who Invented Radio?

Marconi had studied the research of Hertz, and reproduced his work and that of others

. He traveled to England in his 20's and demonstrated sending messages without wires. His shows were well received, including by the Royal Institution.

The New York Herald asked him to use his technology to get them the results of the America's Cup Yacht Race in 1899. He installed his wireless rig on a ship for the first time in history. The report of the race was sent from the SS St Paul over 66 miles to Marconi's land based station. The Herald had its scoop.

With transmission over water proven possible, a race began to send a signal across the Atlantic Ocean. Marconi supposedly succeeded in 1901 when he sent a message, (a Morse code S), from England to Newfoundland in Canada. Nikola Tesla reacted by saying that the equipment used by Marconi had bee patented many years before.

Tesla began in the US by working for Thomas Edison. He quit because of a money dispute and went on to develop alternating current, in competition with Edison's direct current electrical system. Eventually, Tesla's system was the one used and still is. Tesla was responsible for many discoveries.

In 1893 Tesla showed a machine that transmitted and received radio. This was 11 years before Marconi patented his version. Because of this, Marconi patents were turned down at first in the US. In 1904, he was suddenly granted the patents that had been denied. There exists a suspicion that this happened because Edison, who hated Tesla, influenced the patent office to go against Tesla.

The Nobel Prize was given to Marconi in 1909 and the king of Italy gave him a title as a reward. At this time Tesla tried to sue for stealing his patent, but failed for lack of money.

In 1943, after the death of both Tesla and Marconi, The Supreme Court of the United States ruled that Marconi had indeed stolen the patents and declared that Tesla invented radio. It was not until 1943, after Tesla's death that the Supreme Court overturned the earlier patents and declared Tesla the true inventor of radio.

Despite this late decision, there is little doubt that Marconi took an almost working theory and made it happen. He sent the first wireless message from a ship at sea, sent the first communication across the ocean and demonstrated to the world that radio was here and worked.

by:Tom Thors

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