For good reception, a radio must have good selectivity (selectivity is a radio's ability to separate weak stations and strong stations on the FM dial) and good sensitivity (the ability to receive weak ...

Depending on where I am in my room (sitting/laying on bed, standing somewhere), my FM radio, which is at the foot of my bed and on the floor, experiences various levels of interference in the ...

As I was tooling around town listening to SiriusXM Satellite Radio today, I was unable to hear parts of songs – or worse, large portions of stand-up comedy from John Mulaney – so I figured I better do ...

Static is a routine annoyance for those of us who still listen to terrestrial radio. You get up to adjust the dial and, just as you put your hand on the knob or button, the reception clears up. You ...

A new kind of radio tuner that is extremely sensitive to faint signals could improve various applications, from radio telescope imagery to cell phone reception. Wayt Gibbs reports. It’s happened to ...

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The basic technology of radio hasn’t changed much since an Italian marquis first blasted telegraph messages across the Atlantic using a souped-up spark plug and a couple of coils of wire. Then as now, ...

The Amateur Radio Operators Reception — a traditional part of the NAB Show experience for many broadcast engineers — will not take place in 2025. “With our longstanding partner no longer operational, ...

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