Open AccessThe role of radio in rescuing the survivors of the airship Italia
Author(s) -
Solomon Harvey M.,
CalaLazar Philip
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
polar research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.508
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1751-8369
pISSN - 0800-0395
DOI - 10.1111/j.1751-8369.2008.00047.x
Subject(s) - morse code , telecommunications , transmission (telecommunications) , radio wave , transmitter , meteorology , environmental science , computer science , remote sensing , geology , aeronautics , geography , engineering , channel (broadcasting)
During WWI, rapid technical advances led to the development of relatively small and efficient short wave transmitters and receivers. By the mid-1920s, explorers of the polar regions were using such equipment to communicate with their home bases, and for direction finding. This was prior to the widespread use of radio for voice transmission, and hence all operators were skilled in the use of the International Morse code.