Eugène Ducretet Section
In 1898, Eugène Ducretet used the wireless technology to transmit Morse messages from the top of the Eiffel Tower toward the Panthéon in the Latin Quarter of Paris. This successful experiment was to save the Tower that would otherwise have been dismantled, after the 1900 Universal Exhibition. A single transmitter could henceforth send a coded message to multiple receivers.
Later, certain large ships were equipped with a wireless as was the case with the Titanic which could send and receive Morse messages at distances up to 2,000 kilometres (1,250 miles): 865 passengers were rescued thanks to such SOS messages sent by the board telegraphers to nearby ships.
Lee de Forest invented the radio lamp in 1906 and the radio was then to be used extensively during WW1.
After the war, the radio became more accessible to the general public, including numerous hams. You can see the equipment of a radio ham displayed in this section.