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The Radio During World War I

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The radio was never used more—or for a much more important reason—than during World War I and World War II. Prior to the first world war war, many ships used the radio for communication. In the early part of the 20th Century, amplification was one of the top concerns of the development of the radio. Of course people were able to communicate with others hundreds of miles away, but the clarity and amplification of the messages weren’t necessarily as good as many had expected and counted on. Often times, other means of communication—like the telegraph—were better off being used instead of the radio. Because of that, Lee De Forest invented the Audion vacuum tube in 1906, and followed that up one year later by adding his triode tube. According to

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