If you have done any sort of radio work you probably have a fair idea about what antennas do. It is pretty easy to have a cursory understanding of them, too. You probably know there’s somethi… ...

AM likes an antenna as long as possible; FM seems to work well with — on a car at least — that previously mentioned 31 inches. It’s something to do with wavelength as I recall — engineers ...

After my recent Jensen JHD-910 radio article was posted on webBikeWorld, an astute reader commented about the importance of the antenna. He and radio pioneer Marconi were absolutely correct, in that ...

For Optimal VHF Radio Performance, Do These Things. Nothing affects the performance of your VHF radio more than antenna height. This because VHF waves travel in a straight line and become weaker over ...

Flexible hybrid electronics -- the AFRL strips shown here -- are also being used to test malleable antennas. (Photo: Oriana Pawlyk) In 2015, the Defense Department introduced a "Manufacturing ...

The replacement antennas will cost the city about $250,000, according to Tom Sorley, the city official who is overseeing the new radio system. He noted the new antennas are the same length as the ...

In the end, it looks like the antenna works well. With the 4:1 transformer, the SWR on all the ham bands is within range of the radio’s tuner. We recently saw a fishing pole antenna that used no ...

Antennas installed at 18 U.S. high schools detected bursts of radio activity that can precede solar disturbances capable of disrupting satellites and power grids on Earth. The observations helped ...