Radio communication Definition and 16 Threads

Hello everyone, I have a question regarding shielding effectiveness and how it relates to SNR. Do you know what equation should be used to calculate SNR based on shielding effectiveness? Let's say the shield is an aluminum foil made into a dome covering transmitter and receiver inside. A general...

Not sure if this is the right place to post, but I am wondering, can this VLF station melt metal (details below post)? I recently did a scuba dive with a company in exmouth, WA, who provided some info on this station. They had been told that the control room is made entirely of wood, and even...

I'm starting to get into RF electronics, and an upcoming project involves the use of a power meter / SWR meter. How do we model a power meter in terms of an equivalent circuit? i.e. is it just another impedance? or a transformer? or does it not effect the circuit at all, so we just don't include...

I am just a bit confused as to how impedance is matched with RF connectors such as type-N or BNC connectors. I know Coaxial cabling and RF connectors come in common impedance ratings like 50 or 75 ohm but how is this all matched properly? For example many people have told me that when using...

How useful are non-navigational radio beacons (i.e., for determining current propagation conditions and testing) nowadays, whether microwave X band, HF, ELF, sub-mm wave, etc., considering the advent of computerized propagation modeling? Is the scarcity of non-amateur radio beacons a result of...

Could somebody explain me why it would not be sufficient for a radio receiver of an AM signal to simply consist in two elements: A very long antenna. A speaker/headphones. The set up would be as follows, the antenna is connected to the speaker and the other part of the speaker is grounded. My...

Let us assume a remote controlled car which operates at 2.4GHz frequency band. When the accelerate or left or right turn button is pressed what value changes so that the car detects which button was pressed?

If true, can you explain how a pager is more reliable than a cellphone when a signal is deterministic of the complexity of the environment? (when a signal is received in a complex environment - how materials block radio signals).

A source that is orbiting close to a singularity of a black hole is transmitting a radio frequency signal that lasts 60 seconds and is repeated infinitely. The signal is being transmitted using the amplitude modulation method (AM Radio). Let suppose that each minute passing in the transmitting...

Hi everyone, As we move from left to right in EM spectrum the energy EM wave carries in creases as does the Frequency. Then why even after having a lot of energy waves can't penetrate hard me trials like rock. For example, Microwave aren't that good in penetration of tough objects but have...

Hi there! I am currently building a simulation to model the propagation of radio waves in seawater in terms of its propagation loss. I have previously discussed the models I've looked at but have settled on a model which depends primarily on the propagation distance ##r##, the carrier wave...

Before I start, I apologise for the information dump that is to follow. I don't expect all questions to be answered or all models to be addressed; I simply feel it is appropriate to provide the community with my current knowledge and stage of research so you may not have to search for it...

Is it at all possible for radio communication to travel from the obscured part of our galaxy to Earth? If so, about how long would it take to reach us? I have an idea for fiction where we're able to receive communications from the far side of the Milky Way, but we can't figure out how to...

What is the basic concept behind radio communication? How does one vary range in it ?

I'm a high school student working on an extracurricular activity where I'm trying to design and build a radio system to function similar to that of a rc vehicles. However, I'm just getting started, and my knowledge is mostly in mechanical engineering. Where should I start? Thanks

What is modulation in radio communication?