[1] The company was the first in Norway to start production of radios for connection to the electrical grid.

[2] Jan Wessel was one of the many self-taught enthusiasts who participated in the pioneering phase of the spread of radio technology in Norway.

He stood out early by focusing fully on a commercial utilization of the technology through the design, production and sale of radios to a wide audience, from 1927 through the company Radionette, which grew to become one of the three major radio factories in Norway.

It was intended as a travel radio that could also be used at home and could be supplied from both the mains and a battery block with 90 V and 1.5 V voltages.

In 1968 Wessel received an Honorary Award from the Norwegian Research Council for Technical and Natural Sciences.