Radio waves were discovered by Hertz long before Tesla or Marconi were working in the field. When it comes to actual applications of radio, Marconi was certainl

Radio waves were discovered by Hertz long before Tesla or Marconi were working in the field. When it comes to actual applications of radio, Marconi was certainly much more influential than Tesla despite him holding some early patents. It is also with noting that nationalism probably influenced the american court's ruling against the british Marconi Company [1]. [1] https://www.pbs.org/tesla/ll/ll_whoradio.html https://www.pbs.org/tesla/ll/ll_whoradio.html