RADAR
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The Story of Radio Waves
The story of radar starts with the discovery of radio waves. Gulliamo Marconi developed a workable radio transmitter and receiver just seven years after Hertz's discovery. The first attempt at using radio waves for detecting objects had many of the features of radar systems that are still used today. On American History Tellers you'll learn more about Burr's desperate power grab, how it was thwarted by Thomas Jefferson.
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