Tesla or Marconi?

[vivalostwages]

It's long been said that Marconi invented the radio, but now people are insisting that the original inventor was actually Nikola Tesla. Which one was it?

[Doug Bowe]

Here's a link. Go to the middle and look at the chapter titled "Inventor of Radio?"

http://onlinetools.chipcenter.com/netsim/tesla/tesla2.html#wireless


Please note the article describes the Colorado Springs experiment as the first AM broadcasting tower. I believe that was Tesla's attempt to utilize "broadcast power" which was a different deal.
Cecil himself wrote about it here:

http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a3_274.html


Long story short, while Tesla was experienting with broadcast power Marconi sent the first wireless signal over the ocean.

[Gozu Tashoya]

According to the Supreme Court (and others), Tesla.

http://www.lihistory.com/7/hs703a.htm

[waterj2]

For those wondering exactly what the Supreme Court said:
http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=search&court=US&case=/us/320/1.html