First Spanish Ham Radio Congress

From the beginnings, the radio electric science has been a constant research field that has lasted until our days, but the great work done by the Amateurs at the early twentieth century had its worldwide recognition during the short waves conference celebrated in Barcelona during the 1929 International Exhibition Fair, just six years after the amateurs had crossed the Atlantic ocean for the first time in short wave. After the year 1912 the Amateur long wave experimentation was forbidden in United States and the Amateurs were exiled to experiment in the waves below the 200 meters. But the constant successes achieved by these radio Amateurs, allowed them to discover an enormous advantage in the use of short waves for professional purposes. Over the years, and in the heat of wireless telegraphy development, the radio electric science was separated in two branches, separating them in “Amateurs” and “professionals”. While the professionals are dedicate themselves to the expensive radiotelegraphic governmental facilities or assemble the first broadcasting stations, the worldwide Amateurs continue experimenting on even more high frequencies, joining easily “by wireless” to other Amateurs within the five continents. And that´s how, in the Barcelona of 1929, we can find well joined, under the Amateur coordination, the best scientist, professors, teachers and radio professionals, in such a way to discuss there the most recent experiences and advances on short wave theory know until those days.