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THE history of the development of radio communication in the British Navy is of great interest. From a paper on “Naval Wireless Telegraph Communications”, by G. Shearing and Captain Dorling, which was read to the Institution of Electrical Engineers on Dee. 4, we learn that Admiral Jackson experimented with radio waves so far back as 1896. In 1899, with the help of Marchese Marconi, ranges up to 50 miles were obtained. In 1909 a crystal detector was first used, and in 1914, immediately prior to the War, valve reception was passing out of the experimental stage. During the War, arc and spark systems were generally used, but the therrnionic valve system soon made them obsolete. The six months' cruise of H.M.S. Renown in 1927 provided opportunities for testing the capabilities of short-wave working on long ranges. With the exception of three days, communication was easily maintained with Whitehall.
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Radio Communication in the British Navy. Nature 124, 967 (1929). https://doi.org/10.1038/124967a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/124967a0