How it all began - Geoffrey G. Gouriet's 1972 Christmas Lectures 1/6
Geoffrey G. Gouriet discusses how radio communication began in the first of his 1972 Christmas Lecture series titled 'Ripples in the Ether: The Science of Radio Communication'. This was recorded on 22 December 1972. As our growing civilization became more complicated there was an increasing need to communicate rapidly over long distances.
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