In radio communications, a radio receiver, also known as a receiver, a wireless, or simply a radio, is an electronic device that receives radio waves and...
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the term "software radio" to refer to a digital baseband receiver, as published in their E-Team company newsletter. A 'Software Radio Proof-of-Concept'...
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shortwave radio receiver is a radio receiver that can receive one or more shortwave bands, between 1.6 and 30 MHz. A shortwave radio receiver often receives...
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Radio receiver design includes the electronic design of different components of a radio receiver which processes the radio frequency signal from an antenna...
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A crystal radio receiver, also called a crystal set, is a simple radio receiver, popular in the early days of radio. It uses only the power of the received...
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A tuned radio frequency receiver (or TRF receiver) is a type of radio receiver that is composed of one or more tuned radio frequency (RF) amplifier stages...
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connected to a radio receiver, this is the fundamental principle of radio communication. In addition to communication, radio is used for radar, radio navigation...
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A superheterodyne receiver, often shortened to superhet, is a type of radio receiver that uses frequency mixing to convert a received signal to a fixed...
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A radio telescope is a specialized antenna and radio receiver used to detect radio waves from astronomical radio sources in the sky. Radio telescopes are...
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with other users with similar radios, in contrast to a broadcast receiver, which only receives transmissions. Two-way radios usually use a half-duplex communication...
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Transceiver (redirect from Transmitter/Receiver)
In radio communication, a transceiver is an electronic device which is a combination of a radio transmitter and a receiver, hence the name. It can both...
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connected to a radio receiver, which processes the received signal. Radio waves are very widely used in modern technology for fixed and mobile radio communication...
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Transmitter (redirect from Radio transmitter)
with the purpose of signal transmission up to a radio receiver. The transmitter itself generates a radio frequency alternating current, which is applied...
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verb tuning in radio contexts means adjusting the receiver to detect the desired radio signal carrier frequency that a particular radio station uses. The...
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Radio broadcasting is the broadcasting of audio (sound), sometimes with related metadata, by radio waves to radio receivers belonging to a public audience...
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Heterodyne (redirect from Radio frequency upconverter)
radio receiver circuit, which is used in virtually all modern radio receivers. In 1901, Reginald Fessenden demonstrated a direct-conversion receiver or...
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Sensitivity (electronics) (redirect from Sensitivity (radio receiver))
of its response to the magnitude of the quantity measured.” and 2: "(radio receiver or similar device) Taken as the minimum input signal required to produce...
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Demodulation (redirect from Digital Communication Receiver)
Demodulation was first used in radio receivers. In the wireless telegraphy radio systems used during the first 3 decades of radio (1884–1914) the transmitter...
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Alarm clock (redirect from Clock radio)
computers. Many alarm clocks have radio receivers that can be set to start playing at specified times, and are known as clock radios. Additionally, some alarm...
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whisker. The foxhole radio, like a mineral crystal radio receiver, had no power source and ran off the power received from the radio station. They were...
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of weather radio receivers available in the U.S., including: Professional-grade receivers, typically rack-mounted, for use by broadcast radio and television...
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Look up receive, receiver, or receivers in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Receiver or receive may refer to: Receiver (album), the second and final album...
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Regenerative circuit (redirect from Regenerative radio receiver)
of amplitude or hysteresis in control. Two important attributes of a radio receiver are sensitivity and selectivity. The regenerative detector provides...
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produce long or short periods of radio waves, spelling out text messages in Morse code. Therefore, early radio receivers could reproduce the Morse code...
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in a radio receiver in addition to the desired radio signal. Radio noise near in frequency to the radio signal being received (in the receiver's passband)...
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for each additional receiver) to US$699.99 for lifetime (of the receiver equipment). There is a US$15 activation fee for every radio activated. Sirius announced...
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direct-conversion receiver (DCR), also known as homodyne, synchrodyne, or zero-IF receiver, is a radio receiver design that demodulates the incoming radio signal...
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Television licence (redirect from Broadcast receiver licence)
to use a radio receiver. With the arrival of television, some countries created separate television licences. Other countries increased radio licence fees...
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The Utility Radio or Wartime Civilian Receiver was a valve domestic radio receiver, manufactured in Great Britain during World War II starting in July...
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A transistor radio is a small portable radio receiver that uses transistor-based circuitry. Following the invention of the transistor in 1947—which revolutionized...
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