The Fundamentals of Ham Radio and Emergency Communications
... The Technology Development and Components The Radios Ham operators have been using has changed quite a bit over the years, but the basic purpose and design have remained the same. Radios have always been used to communicate. The development of communication by radio wave took several key people. Amo ...
... The Technology Development and Components The Radios Ham operators have been using has changed quite a bit over the years, but the basic purpose and design have remained the same. Radios have always been used to communicate. The development of communication by radio wave took several key people. Amo ...
The History of Radio and Television (Part 1)
... General • In the United States, government may fund electronic-media experiments, but it’s up to business to apply the results. • The key to telecommunications is that electromagnetic energy can be transmitted between two points. • The early stage of media development is a process to which many peo ...
... General • In the United States, government may fund electronic-media experiments, but it’s up to business to apply the results. • The key to telecommunications is that electromagnetic energy can be transmitted between two points. • The early stage of media development is a process to which many peo ...
AM broadcasting
AM broadcasting is the process of radio broadcasting using amplitude modulation (AM). AM was the first method of impressing sound on a radio signal and is still widely used today. Commercial and public AM broadcasting is authorized in the medium wave band worldwide, and also in parts of the longwave and shortwave bands. Radio broadcasting was made possible by the invention of the amplifying vacuum tube, the Audion (triode), by Lee de Forest in 1906, which led to the development of inexpensive vacuum tube AM radio receivers and transmitters during World War I. Commercial AM broadcasting developed from amateur broadcasts around 1920, and was the only commercially important form of radio broadcasting until FM broadcasting began after World War II. This period is known as the ""Golden Age of Radio"". Today, AM competes with FM, as well as with various digital radio broadcasting services distributed from terrestrial and satellite transmitters. In many countries the higher levels of interference experienced with AM transmission have caused AM broadcasters to specialize in news, sports and talk radio, leaving transmission of music mainly to FM and digital broadcasters.