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- Nobel Prize · Guglielmo Marconi biography
- Science Museum Group · Y2008.56
- Science Museum · 2LO, London Broadcasting Station
- Imperial War Museums · Sound 15003
- Smithsonian · Regency Model TR-1, 1984.0040.01
- World Radio Now · Directory sources
- Science Museum · Cooke & Wheatstone, 1837
- Deutsches Museum · Hertz instruments, 1886–1888
- ITU-R · M.1677-1 International Morse code
- ITU · Radio conferences and safety at sea
- IEEE REACH · Armstrong and FM
- NASA History · Sputnik, 4 October 1957
- Nobel Prize · Marconi & Braun, 1909
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