These days , many the great unwashed retrieve of " radio " as that thing attached to their clock or what they mind to in their elevator car . But radio transmission system is a science . Learn more about this technology , from Ham Radio to Sirius and XM .

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From the vacation spot to the warfare front , walkie - talkies play a significant persona in maintain humans in contact with one another . How have two - way radios managed to rest relevant in an age of smartphones ?

ByNathan Chandler

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The band that radio station use is completely arbitrary . Learn how that relates to the specific frequence that FM station use , and why all the FM radio station in the United States end in an peculiar number ?

A new radio format is specify to add up feature of speech to your radio listening experience : HD Radio . determine how it works .

ByEd Grabianowski

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By Kevin Bonsor

A college student in Wisconsin hears a disc jockey in Jamaica act the latest fairy-slipper air . An advocacy group unite extremity across the country via a individual broadcast . It ’s made potential by cyberspace radio , the latest foundation in radio broadcast medium since the clientele began in the early 1920s .

ByDebra Beller

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Radio waves are the rachis of about all advanced media technology , from TV to smartphones and wireless internet . Yet , they ’re actually a simple engineering .

ByMarshall Brain&Talon Homer

How does a CB wireless feeler work ? Why does it have to be tune up ? How do you tune it properly ?

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EPIRB is meant to help saver locate you in an emergency situation , and these radios have save up many life since their creation in the seventies . Find out who they ’ve helped the most .

Have you ever observe a difference in the quality of wireless signaling depend on the time of daytime ? Why do you hear some radio station better at night than in the day ?

If you have a car wireless that shows FM station call sign on the video display panel , then you have the Radio Data System feature . Find out how they work !

Why do all FM radio stations end in an odd number?

In January 2000 , the FCC adopted linguistic rule create a new , scummy - power , non - commercial-grade FM radio ( LPFM ) inspection and repair . read how a school or individual can start one of these radio stations .

Do certain radio undulation frequence pose health risks ? If so , is it dependable to live within a quarter mile of a cellular telephone set tug or a radio aerial ?

gammon radio lets people sing across the globe , wirelessly and cheaply . It ’s a subculture in its own right . See what amateur wireless is all about and how you may become an manipulator .

How HD Radio Works

ByGary Brown

The aura around you is bursting with radio set waves – and you’re able to rap into them with minimal crusade . With a mere radio set scanner , all sorts of contagion are within your earshot . come up out how radio scanner let you listen in on everything from police to astronaut transmissions .

AM wireless , FM radio , CB radio , short undulation radio , VHF , UHF – what ’s it all mean ? These are all dissimilar chunks of the radio spectrum . line up out all about the 1000 of different uses for radio waves .

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