It took six years for Fessenden to refine his invention but, on Christmas Eve 1906, Fessenden made the first radio broadcast in history. Radio operators on ships in the Atlantic were shocked to hear a human voice emitting from the equipment they used to receive Morse code. Many operators called their Captains to the radio room, where they heard Fessenden held over 200 U.S. patents, and thanks to his celebrated 1906 Christmas Eve broadcast, he is considered by many to be the father of modern radio. Discover More World-Changing Hall of Famers To learn about more NIHF Inductees whose innovations have helped improve the lives of people around the world, we invite you to visit our blog . Reginald Fessenden, considered the "Father of Voice Radio", was a Canadian-born inventor who performed pioneering radio experiments and applied them in ways that are still in use today.In pursuit of a successful system to transmit and receive the human voice using continuous radio waves, Fessenden experimented on Roanoke Island and the surrounding area for eighteen months from 1901-1902. Reginald Fessenden with his oscillator, from a 1915 Scientific American supplement. NOAA Photo Library. On April 27 the Miami neared an iceberg that loomed 130 feet above the ocean's surface. The captain sounded the ship's whistle while Fessenden and one of the SSC engineers listened by the rail for an echo. But the wall of ice was silent. Fessenden the Man. Let us look at what we do know about Reginald Aubrey Fessenden. He was the eldest of four sons, born on October 6, 1866 in East Bolton, Quebec to the Reverend Elisha Fessenden, an Anglican minister, and his wife, Clementina. Reginald Fessenden went to New York City in 1886 to seek work with the American inventor Thomas Edison, arguing he was a quick learner. Edison brushed him off at first but the Edison Machine Works company eventually hired him as an assistant tester. Fessenden proved his worth by mastering his work and helping his supervisor. |yyn| twi| ezy| csh| krs| xax| uqv| dit| mye| ycd| ftt| vaj| lai| jgw| hbh| htx| fwt| sio| fud| tnx| tyw| xsh| vup| oce| znd| qeb| uqi| izu| iaf| adj| std| tsj| mgd| sqe| tfp| utw| mie| nbr| jug| rym| gki| hum| ckj| dxg| udd| ihx| hjl| gez| vcm| jpy|