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| LIFE IN SOLERA | JUNE 2022 | 29 The History of Radio The Solera Radio Club (FCC License KC6SRC) is exploring the interesting evolution of the "Radio." Our series started with the creation of the radio and the subsequent reliance on the little noise box. Italian inventor and engineer Guglielmo Marconi (1874-1937) developed, demonstrated, and marketed the first successful long-distance wireless telegraph and in 1901 broadcast the first transatlantic radio signal. Clearly, Marconi is known as the first "amateur" to go on the air. Before that demonstration, Marconi adapted Heinrich Rudolf Hertz's theory that radio waves existed and constructed a communication system in the 1890s. Amateurs took to the airwaves in the early 1900s and the first "wireless" club was formed at Columbia University in 1908. Marconi was hailed early on. Just days after the Titanic sank in 1912, a crowd assembled in New York City to cheer the man responsible for creating the technology that ensured there were survivors of that famous shipwreck. While Marconi and his family chose not to sail on the famed ship, two of his Marconi Co. wireless operators sent out telegraph signals for assistance as the vessel sank into the ocean. TRIVIA ANSWER FOR MAY: Question: What is Morse Code? Morse code is a type of code that is used to send telegraphic information using rhythm. Morse code uses dots and dashes to represent the alphabet. When messages are sent by Morse code, dots are short beeps or clicks or flashes, and dashes are longer ones. Morse code is named after Samuel Morse, who helped invent it. It is not used as much today as it was in the 19th and 20th centuries. Teletypewriters were invented in the early 20th century with their own codes and gradually replaced Morse code. Other types of technology that are easier to use for communication became even more common. However, some people still use Morse code to communicate on amateur radio. TRIVIA QUESTION THIS MONTH (Answered next month) Who was the first woman in America to get her amateur radio license? This article was brought to you by Ray C. Gayton-Jacob (N6KZM) of the "SOLERA RADIO CLUB." Club members are poised to provide communications options when critical communication systems become inoperable. "When All Else Fails – Think Radio Communications." RADIO CLUB