Long-Distance Radio Communication 100 Years Ago: The Alexanderson System at Radio Central [Historically Speaking]

IF 4.2 4区计算机科学 Q2 ENGINEERING, ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONIC

IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine Pub Date : 2025-02-07 DOI:10.1109/MAP.2024.3505834

Glenn S. Smith;Trevor S. Bird

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Abstract

About one hundred years ago, the Radio Corporation of America (RCA) set out to build a complex called Radio Central at Rocky Point, Long Island, NY that was supposed to be the “last word” in long-distance, trans-oceanic radio communication. The facility for transmission was based on a system, remarkable for the time, developed at the General Electric Company (GE), principally by Ernst F. W. Alexanderson, and therefore often referred to as the Alexanderson System for Radio Communication. The main objective for this article is to provide the reader with a simple description of the basic physics, principally the electromagnets, underpinning a few of the key components of this historically important system. In addition, the circumstances that made RCA decide to build this facility as well as those that caused RCA to eventually limit its development are discussed.

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IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine 工程技术-工程：电子与电气

CiteScore

7.00

自引率

5.70%

发文量

186

审稿时长

3 months

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