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How Does Radio Waves Works in Radio Broadcasting

Radio broadcasting works by using a microphone to convert sound waves to electrical audio-frequency signals. These signals are modulated with a radio-frequency carrier wave using amplitude or frequency modulation. The modulated carrier wave is amplified and transmitted via an antenna as radio waves. At the receiving end, the antenna captures the radio waves and a tuner selects the desired station frequency. The signal then passes through a demodulator to extract the original audio-frequency signal, which is amplified and played through a speaker.

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How Does Radio Waves Works in Radio Broadcasting

Radio broadcasting works by using a microphone to convert sound waves to electrical audio-frequency signals. These signals are modulated with a radio-frequency carrier wave using amplitude or frequency modulation. The modulated carrier wave is amplified and transmitted via an antenna as radio waves. At the receiving end, the antenna captures the radio waves and a tuner selects the desired station frequency. The signal then passes through a demodulator to extract the original audio-frequency signal, which is amplified and played through a speaker.

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How does radio waves works in Radio Broadcasting?

The first part is when the broadcaster uses a microphone. Microphone converts the sound
waves to audio-frequency signals (electrical signal) and acts as receptor.

The audio-frequency (AF) signals will now go to a modulator. At the same time, the radio
frequency oscillator will produce radio-frequency carrier and will also go to the modulator. Once the AF
signals and frequency carrier waves reached the modulator, those two will be transformed into an
appropriate modulated carrier waves through the process of amplitude modulation or frequency
modulation. In amplitude modulation, the amplitude of the radio waves (RF carrier) changes to match
that of the audio-frequency signal. This is used in standard broadcasting because it can be sent over long
distances. Very high frequency waves provide a higher quality broadcasting including stereo sound. In
this process, instead of the amplitude of the RF carrier, it is the frequency of the waves that changes to
match that of the signal. This is called frequency modulation.

After the modulation process, the modulated carrier wave will be sent to an amplifier that will
magnify its energy. The amplified modulated carrier wave is then sent to the transmitting antenna. The
changing current in the antenna generates radio waves that travel in all direction. The ionosphere helps
the radio waves to bounce back radio waves and will be accepted by receiving antenna. Since radio
waves have a wavelength of 1m to 10, 000m, a relay/repeater antenna is used as bridge to reach the
receiving antenna.

Once the radio waves reached the receiving antenna, a tuner circuits selects the frequency of
the station desired. The received signal will now be sent to the demodulator which will get the
information, the AF signal from the modulated carrier waves. It will be sent to the amplifier to increase
its energy and will be transported to a speaker that will convert it to the original sound. If you will
notice, upon the reaching the receiving antenna, processes are the reverse process of the production of
modulated carrier wave.
Learning Task 1: Match the equipment in Column A with its proper function in column B. Write your answer in
a separate sheet of paper.

Column A Column B
1. Modulator a. Converts sound wave to audio-frequency signal
1. Microphone b. Magnify/increase energy of modulated carrier view
2. Amplifier c. Produces radio frequency carrier wave
3. Radio frequency d. Transform AF signal and RF carrier wave to a modulated
oscillator carrier wave

4. Speaker e. Transmits and receives radio wave


5. Demodulator f. Converts AF signal to sound energy
6. antenna g. selects the frequency of a station desired
7. Tuner h. extracts AF signal from modulated carrier wave

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