Amateur Radio Activity in the USSR before World War II

Abstract

The article discusses the emergence and development of amateur activities in radio communications and television reception in the USSR. Amateur radio activity in the USSR received legal recognition in 1924. By the end of 1928, more than 450 amateur radio stations were on the air in the country. From the beginning of the 1930s domestic radio amateurs have also mastered the reception of television broadcasts on home-made televisions. By the end of the 1930s. there were a large number of home-made television receivers tuned to the transmission of optical-mechanical television in the country. In this regard, short-line mechanical television broadcasting in the USSR existed until the early 1940s.