Lodge and Syntony: Teaching Wireless to Tune Oliver Lodge's great word was syntony: circuits tuned to agree, so a receiver answers one transmitter and ignores the rest. This guide covers his 1897 tuning patent and his long road back into radio's foundation documents. Quick facts Key word syntony Patent 1897 Detector improved coherer Patent sold to Marconi Co., 1912 Final word honoured 1943 Lodge was a physicist among businessmen, and history long underpaid him. The 1943 Supreme Court ruling restored his name to the foundation of radio - where the tuning inside every modern receiver says it always belonged. Keep learning - what is sos in morse code: Morse Code Works - free Morse code tools and guides. Reference chart