Personal Radios

A VHF radio can be used to both listen to broadcast material or to communicate with other individuals. As long as another person carrying a VHF radio is within range and on the correct frequency,...

How many times have you driven someplace new and wanted to hear a particular kind of music? The problem is you don't know where to look. Scanning through the entire FM radio spectrum can be...

Ultra high frequency (UHF) is the radio frequency between 300 megahertz and 3 gigahertz (3,000 megahertz) or from 1 to 10 decimeters (10 centimeter to 1 meter). UHF is most widely known as the...

Scanning arbitrarily to discover active frequencies can provide you with hours of fun. However, one of the most useful features of a scanner is the device's ability to quickly allow you to get up...

A scanner is a radio frequency-receiving device designed to pick up noncommercial broadcasts, like public safety--fire, police and ambulance; weather forecasts broadcast by the National Weather...

Radio communication is the process by which radio signals are produced, processed, and then transmitted to a radio unit. Radio communication derives its roots from the telegraph machine, when in...

A tank circuit is an electronic circuit used in many applications, including oscillators, TV and radio sets. In it's most basic form, the circuit consists of just two electronic components, namely...

Two-way radios are radios which can receive and transmit, in contrast to broadcast receivers which can only receive. They are available in stationary, mobile and hand-held configurations. The...

All sound energy is in the form of a wave. The frequency of a wave is the measurement of the number of cycles that it undergoes in a given time frame. Hertz is a measurement of frequency that...

Cycling through your preset AM or FM stations while cycling through the woods or hitting the pavement on your morning jog couldn’t be easier than it is with the RCA RP1667 headset radio. Before...