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A portable battery-powered AM/FM broadcast receiver, used to listen to audio broadcast by local radio stations.
A modern communications receiver, used in two-way radio communication stations to talk with remote locations by shortwave radio.
Girl listening to vacuum tube console radio in the 1940s. During the golden age of radio, 1925–1955, families gathered to listen to the home radio receiver in the evening

In radio communications, a radio receiver, also known as a receiver, a wireless, or simply a radio, is an electronic device that receives radio waves and converts the information carried by them to a usable form. It is used with an antenna. The antenna intercepts radio waves (electromagnetic waves of radio frequency) and converts them to tiny alternating currents which are applied to the receiver, and the receiver extracts the desired information. The receiver uses electronic filters to separate the desired radio frequency signal from all the other signals picked up by the antenna, an electronic amplifier to increase the power of the signal for further processing, and finally recovers the desired information through demodulation.

Radio receivers are essential components of all systems that use radio. The information produced by the receiver may be in the form of sound, video (television), or digital data.[1] A radio receiver may be a separate piece of electronic equipment, or an electronic circuit within another device. The most familiar type of radio receiver for most people is a broadcast radio receiver, which reproduces sound transmitted by radio broadcasting stations, historically the first mass-market radio application. A broadcast receiver is commonly called a "radio". However radio receivers are very widely used in other areas of modern technology, in televisions, cell phones, wireless modems, radio clocks and other components of communications, remote control, and wireless networking systems.

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Radio receiver

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In radio communications, a radio receiver, also known as a receiver, a wireless, or simply a radio, is an electronic device that receives radio waves and...

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Shortwave radio receiver

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shortwave radio receiver is a radio receiver that can receive one or more shortwave bands, between 1.6 and 30 MHz. A shortwave radio receiver often receives...

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Crystal radio

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A crystal radio receiver, also called a crystal set, is a simple radio receiver, popular in the early days of radio. It uses only the power of the received...

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Radio receiver design

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Radio receiver design includes the electronic design of different components of a radio receiver which processes the radio frequency signal from an antenna...

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Radio

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received by another antenna connected to a radio receiver. In addition to communication, radio is used for radar, radio navigation, remote control, remote sensing...

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Tuned radio frequency receiver

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A tuned radio frequency receiver (or TRF receiver) is a type of radio receiver that is composed of one or more tuned radio frequency (RF) amplifier stages...

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Radio telescope

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A radio telescope is a specialized antenna and radio receiver used to detect radio waves from astronomical radio sources in the sky. Radio telescopes are...

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Superheterodyne receiver

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A superheterodyne receiver, often shortened to superhet, is a type of radio receiver that uses frequency mixing to convert a received signal to a fixed...

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Radio wave

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connected to a radio receiver, which processes the received signal. Radio waves are very widely used in modern technology for fixed and mobile radio communication...

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Transceiver

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In radio communication, a transceiver is an electronic device which is a combination of a radio transmitter and a receiver, hence the name. It can both...

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Regenerative circuit

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of amplitude or hysteresis in control. Two important attributes of a radio receiver are sensitivity and selectivity. The regenerative detector provides...

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Transmitter

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with the purpose of signal transmission up to a radio receiver. The transmitter itself generates a radio frequency alternating current, which is applied...

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FM broadcasting

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based on FM radio, mostly using the 72.1 to 75.8 MHz band. Aside from the assisted listening receivers, only certain kinds of FM receivers can tune to...

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Foxhole radio

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whisker. The foxhole radio, like a mineral crystal radio receiver, had no power source and ran off the power received from the radio station. They were...

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Alarm clock

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computers. Many alarm clocks have radio receivers that can be set to start playing at specified times, and are known as clock radios. Additionally, some alarm...

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Heterodyne

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heterodyne process is in the superheterodyne radio receiver circuit, which is used in virtually all modern radio receivers. In 1901, Reginald Fessenden demonstrated...

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NOAA Weather Radio

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of weather radio receivers available in the U.S., including: Professional-grade receivers, typically rack-mounted, for use by broadcast radio and television...

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Radio broadcasting

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Radio broadcasting is the broadcasting of audio (sound), sometimes with related metadata, by radio waves to radio receivers belonging to a public audience...

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Television licence

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to use a radio receiver. With the arrival of television, some countries created separate television licences. Other countries increased radio licence fees...

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History of radio

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Stepanovich Popov built a lightning detector that used a coherer based radio receiver. He presented it to the Russian Physical and Chemical Society on May...

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Demodulation

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Demodulation was first used in radio receivers. In the wireless telegraphy radio systems used during the first 3 decades of radio (1884–1914) the transmitter...

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RCA connector

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originally created to allow the connection of a phonograph turntable to a radio receiver. RCA jacks are often used in phono inputs, a set of input jacks usually...

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Radio noise

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in a radio receiver in addition to the desired radio signal. Radio noise near in frequency to the radio signal being received (in the receiver's passband)...

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Rake receiver

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A rake receiver is a radio receiver designed to counter the effects of multipath fading. It does this by using several "sub-receivers" called fingers,...

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Sirius Satellite Radio

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for each additional receiver) to US$699.99 for lifetime (of the receiver equipment). There is a US$15 activation fee for every radio activated. Sirius announced...

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