File:Marconi Parabolic Xmtr And Rcvr 1895.jpg
The frequency of radio waves produced would have been in the UHF range, several hundred megahertz, roughly the frequency now used by television stations. Marconi found that using parabolic antennas increased the transmission distance greatly compared to his earlier plain dipole antennas.
Caption of left image: This picture shows a very early model transmitter, invented by Marconi for short-wave beam-radio work.
Caption of right image: Marconi's early model receiver for focusing the signals from beam trasmission, designed by him in 1895.
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