Episode 710 • • 2:41:51 - 2:44:42
710: Joy Brigade
Alexander Popov, Radio Invention History, and Tree Antennas
A US Army Electronics Command PDF describes the use of trees as radio antennas in tropical jungles. This leads to a historical review of Alexander Popov, the Russian scientist credited in Eastern Europe with inventing radio before Marconi and Tesla. Popov's 1895 lightning detector is cited as the first practical radio receiver.