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How it all began
Many consider Guglielmo Marconi, an Italian inventor, a very important link in the chain of the development of radio. Not to be forgotten are DeForest, Armstrong, and Tesla, to mention a few others. Along the way, hams have seemed to taken a definite liking to the works of Marconi and his ideas of wireless transmission. A search of the topic can give a wealth of information. Below are a few places to begin.
Marconi
Tesla
Further research can begin here:
A search of "father of radio" begins us at this step....Click here for that.
A search of "spark gap transmitter" can be found by clicking here.
A further search using the keywords "ham radio history" can be seen by clicking here.
Results of a search for "marconi" can be seen by clicking here.
A search for "lee deforest" can be found by clicking here.
Results of a search of "edwin h armstrong" can be seen by clicking here.
A search for "nikoli tesla" can be seen by clicking here.
An interesting listing of communications history by the late AC6V can be found by clicking here.
Many other search combinations and topics will bring more results. This listing is a beginning point.