https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-dawn-of-amateur-radio-in-the-u-k-and-greece-a-personal-view-66/ The phenomenon which Thales had observed and recorded five centuries before the birth of Christ aroused the interest of many scientists through the ages. They made various practical experiments in their efforts to identify the elusive force which Thales had likened to a 'soul'... en https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-dawn-of-amateur-radio-in-the-u-k-and-greece-a-personal-view-66/chapters/8/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-dawn-of-amateur-radio-in-the-u-k-and-greece-a-personal-view-66/chapters/8/ The eight items which follow are not strictly part of the story of the development of amateur radio, but they deal with some historical events which are connected with our hobby... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-dawn-of-amateur-radio-in-the-u-k-and-greece-a-personal-view-66/chapters/9/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-dawn-of-amateur-radio-in-the-u-k-and-greece-a-personal-view-66/chapters/9/ Speech was first transmitted for reception by the general public from Washington D.C. in 1915 when Europe was still at war. During 1916 the first 'broadcasting' station in the w... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-dawn-of-amateur-radio-in-the-u-k-and-greece-a-personal-view-66/chapters/7/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-dawn-of-amateur-radio-in-the-u-k-and-greece-a-personal-view-66/chapters/7/ As recorded in detail in chapter 5, George was undoubtedly the first Greek amateur to have two-way contacts using radio telephony, way back in 1921. He was also the first amateu... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-dawn-of-amateur-radio-in-the-u-k-and-greece-a-personal-view-66/chapters/1/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-dawn-of-amateur-radio-in-the-u-k-and-greece-a-personal-view-66/chapters/1/ The phenomenon which Thales had observed and recorded five centuries before the birth of Christ aroused the interest of many scientists through the ages. They made various pract... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-dawn-of-amateur-radio-in-the-u-k-and-greece-a-personal-view-66/chapters/6/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-dawn-of-amateur-radio-in-the-u-k-and-greece-a-personal-view-66/chapters/6/ Socrates Coutroubis SV1AE described to me how his interest in radio was aroused in 1935 when he was 13 years old. His father had decided to buy a domestic radio receiver. https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-dawn-of-amateur-radio-in-the-u-k-and-greece-a-personal-view-66/chapters/2/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-dawn-of-amateur-radio-in-the-u-k-and-greece-a-personal-view-66/chapters/2/ By 1850 most of the basic electrical phenomena had been investigated. However, James Clerk Maxwell (1831-1879), Professor of Experimental Physics at Cambridge then came up with... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-dawn-of-amateur-radio-in-the-u-k-and-greece-a-personal-view-66/chapters/5/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-dawn-of-amateur-radio-in-the-u-k-and-greece-a-personal-view-66/chapters/5/ As no licences were issued for many years there are no official records to be consulted. Early activity was mainly in and around Athens but there may have been one or two statio... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-dawn-of-amateur-radio-in-the-u-k-and-greece-a-personal-view-66/chapters/4/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-dawn-of-amateur-radio-in-the-u-k-and-greece-a-personal-view-66/chapters/4/ Most commercial experimental transmissions in wireless telegraphy before World War I were carried out on the "long" wavelengths, though they were not called that at the time. Tr... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-dawn-of-amateur-radio-in-the-u-k-and-greece-a-personal-view-66/chapters/3/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-dawn-of-amateur-radio-in-the-u-k-and-greece-a-personal-view-66/chapters/3/ From the turn of the century enthusiastic young men who built their own items of electrical and wireless apparatus were known as "Wireless Experimenters". Many of them were late...