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Radio History for October

Explore Radio History: People, Inventions and Milestones

Explore the people, equipment and operating achievements that shaped radio, from early wireless experiments to transistor receivers, amateur satellites and digital networks. Amateur radio leads the collection, alongside discoveries and engineering milestones that changed how signals are transmitted, received and put to work. Each article brings the history into focus with the people involved, what they accomplished and the technical details that make the story worth a closer look.

Browse the monthly highlights below, or choose a month to see its full collection. Follow a familiar name, discover an overlooked achievement, or return to explore another date as the collection grows.

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October

1981-10-16

Ham Radio Networking Gets Its First ARRL Conference

A working Bay Area packet repeater and Sweden’s programmable SOFTNET show what amateur network builders were exploring in 1981.

Amateur Radio Networking

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