The early days of radio were like the Wild West. There were no rules, and that lack of rules often led to problems.

Eventually, frequency regulations were put in place, which left a large swath of spectrum available to amateur radio operators.

Over time, these operators created a worldwide community that predated the Internet by decades.

It is still a community that exists today

with thousands of people around the world.

Learn more about amateur radio

and its origins on this episode

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The early days of radio were anarchy. Literally so. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries,

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