Chapter 335: Radio
Radio is a must, especially for Yang Yuanzhao, who has now changed the mode and really controls Baotou, even more so, radio broadcasting, will replace the so-called electrification of the whole country, become an important aspect of the propaganda front, as for the small radio transceiver, will play a subversive change in the military, the smoothness and importance of information, began to show more and more in future wars.
Regarding the concept of radio, as early as more than ten years ago, Truss put forward and made an explanation of radio, which is based on the basic elements of all radio before the tube, so to speak, theoretically solved the problem of radio and laid a good foundation for the application of radio, and therefore, Truss obtained a radio patent in the United States.
Of course, later the patent of the radio was revoked, and even re-granted in 1943, which involved the interests of all parties, and even the result of the revocation also had a lot to do with Edison, Truss and Edison, from the time of parting ways, began to feud, at the time of the revocation, Edison was a patent tycoon, mastered a lot of key patents, the company was prosperous, and even Marconi was also invested by him, in this case, deprived Truss of the patent that was still in the situation of unemployment arrears, It's easy, and even Truss himself didn't save many patents, and the patents for alternating current have not returned to him until decades of global use.
In terms of the basic principle of radio, after 1893, there was no problem, but it was after the production of the electron tube that the radio was really put into practical use. The first electron tube, in 1904, was invented by the British scientist Fleming, and he also proved the authenticity of the Edison effect proposed by Edison from the facts, as for the first vacuum transistor, it was invented by the American inventor De Forrester, that is to say, the diode triode radio based on the electron tube, already has the basis of the equipment, how to use the theory to integrate them, this is the ultimate key, the world's researchers have spent more than 10 years to complete this.
Yang Yuanzhao has a lot of electronic components in his hands, since World War II, electronics and materials are the focus of the development of the whole world, not to mention the copycat Apple mobile phone, computer, just say that the electronic computer placed on the table, which is much higher than the high technology of this era, this thing is at least ultra-large-scale integrated circuits, too far away from this era, even if it is Truss, imagination against the sky, there is no way to draw nutrition from the middle, only step by step, according to the level of development, whether it is confidentiality, or something else, Yang Yuanzhao didn't take it out.
As early as a long time ago, Yang Yuanzhao asked Harpy to collect some advanced things, electronic diodes and transistors are the focus of the collection, and it can be regarded as the beginning of the electronics industry, fortunately, after the invention of this thing, he has not completely discovered his use, but it is spread among enthusiasts, diodes and triodes are basically in hand, through guò copying, it is considered to have gotten a batch of things, and even with the help of machine qì and handiwork, the northwest has also begun to manufacture qualified diodes and transistors.
The emergence of the electronics industry, a certain number of dù above, represents the emergence of the yield rate, even in later generations, the yield rate of electronic items, it is impossible to reach 100%, let alone this era, but with the emergence of the all-in-one machine, even if it is a low probability of 0.001 percentage points, it can become 100%, but it will occupy a certain manufacturing space of the all-in-one machine.
Iron and steel, fertilizer two major items, along with the two factories put into production, is no longer in the space to occupy the all-in-one machine, in addition to some high-precision, or extremely important things, such as the barrel of the 155 heavy gun, or something else, there is a lot of free space left, even out some, for the production of electronic components, this is not a problem at all, thousands of diodes and transistors only, and how much space can be occupied, the specific gravity is too light.
After helping Truss decide on the radio project, Truss also agreed to conduct research in this area, in the real room, a special floor was set aside and handed over to Truss for the research institute of radio, radio is the research direction of Truss, about the inventor of radio, in the world, there is a dispute between Marconi and Popov, as for patents, there is also a competition between the British Marconi patent and the United States Truss patent, and the controversy about them in later generations has been endless. Either way, Truss is a real radio expert.
After getting the support of Yang Yuanzhao, Truss put all her spirit, in this, the first is to purchase a large number of electronic components, from more than ten years ago, the whole world has slowly entered the electronic age, and even more than 10 years ago, the United States appeared a factory specializing in the production of electronics, so many years of development, there are many strange things based on electronics, Truss also made a huge list according to needs, just the demand for things, there are millions of dollars.
After coming to the northwest for two years, Truss has gradually become familiar with Yang Yuanzhao's habits, as long as it is interesting to him, mention the project of yìtongguò, basically, there is no need to worry about the problem of funds, the previous power project is like this, and now the radio project is the same, Truss does not know politics and military, but it can be seen that the important impact of radio, so, the instrument that was reluctant to buy before, or has no money to buy, is now put forward all at once.
Millions of dollars, not to mention this era, the dollar can be directly exchanged for gold, 20 dollars is equal to an ounce of gold, even if it is placed in the future generations, it is not a lot, and there are many large and small machines involved, Truss even made a special report, listing all the machines needed, when the final result converged on Yang Yuanzhao here, Yang Yuanzhao couldn't laugh or cry, to be honest, he didn't understand this thing, but look at the size of these instruments, I am afraid that the radio transmitters and receivers produced by this system are quite large, and it is estimated that they are enough for the radio station, and they are also of a national nature.
The reason why Yang Yuanzhao wants Truss to preside over the radio is to miniaturize and make it practical, if it is like the radio currently on an ocean freighter, it is better not to invent it, who will carry hundreds of kilograms of things on his back, wandering around, if it is a heavy artillery, a radio is too bad.
From the all-in-one machine, take out some diodes and transistors, find a box and put them in, Yang Yuanzhao took the name given by Truss and went to the research institute, there are some things that must be explained to Truss in person.
After nearly 2 years, more than a dozen times of non-stop expansion and construction, the institute has covered an area of 4 square kilometers, divided into 12 areas, more than 40 buildings of different sizes, the highest is about 13 floors, the lowest is also 7 floors, the total construction area, more than one million square meters, with more than 80 large real rooms, including experts in all aspects, there are more than 1,500 people, and even some well-known and influential scientists in the industry. Tens of thousands of patents will be generated every year, of which there are at least ten or more that have substantial significance and have a heavy impact on Baotou.
Therefore, Yang Yuanzhao will invest more than 30 million US dollars in this real room every year, which is equivalent to the investment of one Baiyun Obo steel mill every year, which is invested in this less than 4 square kilometers of land. It is these scientists who have promoted the development of Baotou's science and technology to a higher level, and the previous Baotou was only developed under the vision and promotion of Yang Yuanzhao.
Now, in many ways, just let Yang Yuanzhao point out a direction, their automatic development of things, can make Baotou technology change greatly, machinery, manufacturing, automation, including internal combustion engines, steam engines and many other aspects, Baotou has stood at the world's more advanced level, alternating current and machine tools, but also standing at the pinnacle of the world.
2 years, is relatively short, the least, there is no successful university as a backing, Baotou at most trained a group of ordinary researchers and assistants, fortunately, in 2 years, Baotou continued to send people to stay abroad, two years, a total of 3 batches of international students, the total number of more than 10,000 people, these people are all over the engineering colleges in Germany and the United States, once the completion of the return to China, for Baotou science and technology to promote, is a huge promotion, but unfortunately now they are working hard to accumulate studies.
Yang Yuanzhao did not forget these graduate students, these can be said to be the future, change China, a group of people who undertake the mission of China's scientific and technological research, Yang Yuanzhao, who has the vision of later generations and an all-in-one machine, in a greater sense, does not need a group of pioneering scientists, but has a solid foundation, can step by step his ideas, relying on the existing scientific and technological level and opportunities, such people, for China with a weak foundation, it will take at least four or five years to be able to cultivate.
Because most of the research institutes are foreigners, many things in later generations, including some technologies beyond this era, Yang Yuanzhao can not invest in this academy of sciences, only a few projects, such as medicine, are barely supported by Chinese medicine and some Chinese or Chinese who have some achievements in chemistry, and most of the remaining projects are only step-by-step, at most Yang Yuanzhao knows the direction, avoids some waste, and does not develop beyond this era.
Now this place is pinned on by many people, and even full of hope, in Yang Yuanzhao's view, is just a cumulative strength, so that Baotou has the initial research and development strength of the place, so the investment is huge, the output is not outstanding, at most it can only be called weak, the shareholders of the Chamber of Commerce, for this institute still has some complaints, in their opinion, the investment of 30 million US dollars, placed elsewhere, is greater than the income here, but Yang Yuanzhao still has no hesitation to invest, most of the investment, he is independent of the commitment. R1152