X-Nico

unusual facts about radio communication



Sozvezdie

JSC Concern Sozvezdie (Russian for Constellation) is the leading Russian developer and manufacturer of electronic warfare, radio communications, electronic countermeasures systems and equipment.


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1912 in radio

13 August – The United States Congress passes the 1912 Radio Act, "An Act to regulate radio communication", requiring that all radio stations be licensed.

Air band

Airband, the band of frequencies used for radio communication in aviation

Albert G. Lee

He was elected a Fellow of the Institute of Radio Engineers in 1929, and awarded the IRE Medal of Honor in 1939 "for his accomplishments in promoting international radio services and in fostering advances in the art and science of radio communication."

ARINC

It was chartered by the Federal Radio Commission (which later became the Federal Communications Commission) in order to serve as the airline industry’s single licensee and coordinator of radio communication outside of the government.

Clandestine operation

In World War II, targets found through cryptanalysis of radio communication, were attacked only if there had been aerial reconnaissance in the area, or, in the case of the shootdown of Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, where the sighting could be attributed to the Coastwatchers.

Coherer

Beginning around 1894, Oliver Lodge, Alexander Popov, and Guglielmo Marconi used it in the first historic experiments in radio communication, and it became the basis for radio reception, and remained in widespread use until about 1910.

Einar Johansen

In September 1940 the Secret Intelligence Service established two stations for radio communication; the so-called Skylark A was led by Sverre Midtskau in Oslo while Skylark B was led by Erik Welle-Strand in Trondheim.

Herzogstand Radio Station

Herzogstand Radio Station was a radio communication station built and operated from 1920 to 1946 on the Herzogstand mountain near the Kochelsee in Bavaria, Germany.

Maritime identification digits

Maritime identification digits are used by radio communication facilities to identify their home country or base area in Digital Selective Calling (DSC), Automatic Transmitter Identification System (ATIS), and Automatic Identification System (AIS) messages as part of their Maritime Mobile Service Identities.

Marshall Formby

Sharleen taught at the Army War College in Washington, D.C., and later attended the University of Texas Graduate School, where she studied radio communication.

Phonetic alphabet

Spelling alphabet: a set of words used instead of alphabetic letters in radio communication; each word stands for its initial letter

Transatlantic crossing

Transatlantic radio communication was first accomplished on December 12, 1901 by Guglielmo Marconi who, using a temporary receiving station at Signal Hill, Newfoundland, received a Morse code signal representing the letter "S" sent from Poldhu, in Cornwall, United Kingdom.

William Le Queux

Le Queux was interested in radio communication; he was a member of the Institute of Radio Engineers and carried out some radio experiments in 1924 in Switzerland with Dr. Petit Pierre and Max Amstutz.