How does radio communication work?

Posted by Keshav Jain on


               Radio signals are transmitted using a carrier wave. A radio transmitter changes, or modulates, this radio wave in order to convey information. In AM radio the height of the carrier wave is altered according to the sound picked up by a microphone. In FM radio the frequency, or distance between the peaks in the radio wave, is changed. The radio receiver picks up these signals and amplifies and decodes them. If the signal is weak, AM radio sounds crackly. It is now being replaced by FM radio, which gives much clearer reception.



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