You might enjoy reading Erik Larson's new book, Thunderstruck.
It's an entirely historical account of the efforts Marconi put into
getting wireless to work ship-to-ship and ship-to-shore, before
finally crossing the Atlantic. It's non-fiction told like a novel, with
a murder mystery intertwined that would later be closed via spark
wireless aboard a ship.

Great read if you want to get a little 'color' on the whole spark
era of 1899 - 1912 or so.

Dave - WB7AWK


"Al Dykes" wrote in message
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I'm looking for some reading material about radio from the earliest
days up to the end of WWI and how it was used during the war.

I've just reading a history of the Russian-Japanese war (1904). It was
entirely a naval war, Russia sent it's entire fleet from the Baltic
Sea to the Pacific Russian coast. Radio played a roll but the book
didn't give me an idea of range or any of the equipment. Radio was
always described as unreliable.

It got me to wondering about WWI. Can anyone recommend a book
or a web site?