History/ Origin of Ham Radio
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1835 Samuel F. B. Morse formulates morse code
1887 Heinrich Hertz experiments with parbolic dishes - produces waves at about 30cm - 1 GHz!!!
1896 First practical wireless by Marconi
1899 Marconi sends a signal over the English Channel - 32 miles. QSL's are in order.
1906 First wireless communication of human speech (and music) on December 24, Fessenden spoke and broadcasted music by radio
1909 On January 2, the first amateur radio club; The Junior Wireless Club, Limited, of New York City, was organized.
1912 The first Amateur Radio License is issued under the Radio Act
1917 There were about 6,000 Amateurs
1920 The Radio Amateurs Callbook is published. International QSL bureaus are established
1925 International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) is founded.
1961 December 12. First amateur satellite, Oscar1, is shot into orbit.
1978 Amateur packet radio began in Montreal, Canada in 1978
1998 PSK31 By Peter Martinez, G3PLX makes its debut on the Ham bands
1999 USA Amateur population exceeds 740,000, Japan has almost twice as many
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