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The 10 pages that link to Lee de Forest, each with the reason it gives.
Radio broadcastingRelated: The Audion made weak broadcast signals easier to amplify and receive.
Vacuum tubeRelated: His added grid made tube amplification possible in early radio circuits.
RadioRelated: The Audion made weak radio signals easier to amplify and detect.
VitaphoneRelated: Phonofilm offered an earlier sound-on-film alternative to Vitaphone.
Sound-on-filmRelated: His Phonofilm demonstrated synchronized optical sound on film in the 1920s.
Vacuum electronicsRelated: The Audion added grid control and enabled electronic amplification.