TY  - BOOK
AU  - Leinwoll,Stanley
TI  - From spark to satellite: a history of radio communication 
SN  - 068416048X :
AV  - TK5102.2 .L46 1979
U1  - 384/.09 
PY  - 1979///
CY  - New York
PB  - Scribner
KW  - Telecommunication
KW  - History
KW  - Télécommunications
KW  - Histoire
KW  - Rundfunk
KW  - swd
KW  - Geschichte
N1  - Includes index; Bibliography: p. 233-234; The father of wireless -- In the beginning -- In search of a detector -- Continuous waves -- The audion -- Early regulation -- A new radio era -- Progress and problems -- The birth of RCA -- Broadcasting begins -- Regulating the broadcasters -- The amateurs break through -- Radio wave propagation -- Rise of the shortwaves -- Television and FM -- Radar and semiconductors: stepping stones toward space -- Signals in space -- The hams in space -- Signals from the stars -- Lasers--future communications
UR  - http://www.archive.org/details/fromsparktosatel00lein
UR  - http://www.openlibrary.org/books/OL4734882M
ER  -