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TO ALL LISTENERS ASHORE AND AFLOAT -
ON THIS DAY IN 1859 THE GREAT RUSSIAN PHYSICIST ALEXANDER POPOV WAS BORN STOP POPOV IS ACCLAIMED BY MANY AS THE TRUE INVENTOR OF RADIO STOP ON 24 MARCH 1896 POPOV SENT A WIRELESS MESSAGE BETWEEN BUILDINGS IN SAINT PETERSBURG STOP IN 1900 POPOV ESTABLISHED A NAVAL COAST STATION STOP POPOV DIED IN 1906 STOP FAIR WINDS AND FOLLOWING SEAS
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It was an honor and privilege to honor Alexander Popov, the Russian "Inventor of Radio" on his birthday! As mentioned in a previous report, whenever we ask one of our many visitors from Eastern Europe who invented radio, they always reply, proudly, "Popov!" Happy Birthday, Alexander Popov!
