Late in the nineteenth century, Guglielmo Marconi began experimenting with electromagnetic waves to send signals. At that time, the telegraph wire was the quickest way to get messages from here to there, using Morse code. He designed a transmitter to send and a receiver to detect radio waves.

What is a Marconi device?

In 1902, he patented a magnetic detector that became the standard receiver for wireless communications for many years. In 1905, he patented his horizontal directional aerial, and in 1912, Marconi patented a “timed spark” system for generating continuous waves.

When did Marconi start working on his wireless idea?

In 1895 he began laboratory experiments at his father's country estate at Pontecchio where he succeeded in sending wireless signals over a distance of one and a half miles. In 1896 Marconi took his apparatus to England where he was introduced to Mr.