I have had mobile phones / smartphones with “FM radio” applications for quite a while now, and I had also learned, that they use earphones as antenna / aerial. Somehow I had implied, that would mean I would have to listen to the broadcast via earphones. I took me a while to let the idea grow, how nice it would be to be able to listen to the broadcast via speaker nevertheless. Well, the “FM radio” application on my Samsung Galaxy SII already has that feature. Nice. That way I don’t need to waste bandwidth for streaming my favourite broadcasting stations over the Internet any longer. If I had only known that for a little longer! What a waste! I am so embarrassed.
Tag: broadcasting
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AM/FM broadcasting
- AM broadcasting is the process of radio broadcasting using amplitude modulation
- FM broadcasting is the process of radio broadcasting using frequency modulation
I don’t remember ever having heard this explanation.In German a different terminology is being used for radio broadcasting:- UKW for Ultrakurzwelle, in English: VHF for very high frequency, popularly (but incorrectly) also FM
- KW for Kurzwelle, in English: SW for short wave or HF for high frequency
- MW for Mittelwelle, in English: MF for medium frequency, popularly (but incorrectly) also AM
- LW for Langwelle, in English: LowFER for Low-Frequency Experimental Radio