Radio waves
Radio waves are electromagnetic waves occurring on the radio frequency portion of the electromagnetic spectrum. Radio waves were first predicted by mathematical work done in 1865 by James Clerk Maxwell. Maxwell noticed wave-like properties of light and similarities in electrical and magnetic observations and proposed equations that described light waves and radio waves as waves of electromagnetism that travel in space. In 1887 Heinrich Hertz demonstrated the reality of Maxwell’s electromagnetic waves by experimentally generating radio waves in his laboratory. Many inventions followed, making practical use of radio waves to transfer information through space. Nikola Tesla and Guglielmo Marconi are credited with inventing systems to allow radio waves to be used for communication.[1][2] Radio waves are divided up into bands by frequency (and corresponding wavelength) as shown in the radio frequency spectrum table below.