1. The International Telecommunication Union and Radio Amateurs
Maria Rikitianskaia
Università della Svizzera italiana
Lugano, Switzerland
Telecommunications in the Aftermath of World War 1: Civilian and Military Perspectives
10 August 2016
London

2. Had it not been for amateurs, wireless telegraphy as a great world-fact might not have existed at all. A great deal of the development and progress of wireless telegraphy is due to efforts of amateurs.
Guglielmo Marconi, 1919

3. ITU Radio amateurs ... connecting the world International convention
National legislations
Radio amateurs

4. Research question & sources
Why radio amateurs of the 1910s are not considered radio amateurs?
Sources:
The International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
Dokumentationsarchiv Funk in Vienna
Radio amateurs’ journals, callbooks and other radio amateurs’ documents
The International Amateur Radio Union (IARU)
The International Broadcasting Union (IBU)

5. The ITU radio registry, 1915

6. 1. Radio for radio’s sake Maurice Rambert, Geneva Jean Abelé, Antoing
Dr. Luis Cirera de Terré, Barcelona
Maurice Rambert, 1931

7. 1929

8. 2. Time signals

9. 3. Meteorology
Table of barometer reading, Wireless World, February 1916

10. Seismology & astronomy
Padre Guido Alfani, Florence
Albin Belar, Lubljana
P. Vincart, Antwerp

11. 4. Aviation
Edmond Rothé – Nancy, France

13. Conclusions
The ITU network didn’t change dramatically because of the war
Radio amateurs had a gradual career growth
They were experts not only in radio

14. Thank you for your attention!