Radio Act of 1912
The Radio Act of 1912 was a US federal law .
The law was enacted after the sinking of the RMS Titanic . It introduced the license requirement for radio stations , regulated the emergency traffic in maritime radio and limited the amateur radio service to wavelengths shorter than 200 meters. Since the long-range possibilities of shortwave were not yet known at that time, these frequencies were viewed as less useful.
The law was valid until 1927.
literature
- S. Khrystyne Keane: 100 years of amateur radio licensing. In: QST, August 2012, 68-69. ( online ; PDF; 316 kB)
- Clinton B. DeSoto: 200 meters & down: The story of amateur radio. American Radio Relay League, Newington CT 1936, 1981, 2001.