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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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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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 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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fluctuating voltages, always present in a radio receiver in addition to the desired radio signal. Radio noise is a combination of natural electromagnetic...
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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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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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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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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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A rake receiver is a radio receiver designed to counter the effects of multipath fading. It does this by using several "sub-receivers" called fingers,...
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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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In electronics and radio, a tuner is a type of receiver subsystem that receives RF transmissions, such as AM or FM broadcasts, and converts the selected...
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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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Stepanovich Popov built a lightning detector that used a coherer based radio receiver. He presented it to the Russian Physical and Chemical Society on May...
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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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FM broadcasting (redirect from FM Radio)
based on FM radio, mostly using the 72.1 to 75.8 MHz band. Aside from the assisted listening receivers, only certain kinds of FM receivers can tune to...
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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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