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radio transmitter
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thumb|Commercial FM broadcasting transmitter at radio station [[WDET-FM, Wayne State University, Detroit, US. It broadcasts at 101.9 MHz with a radiated power of 48 kW.]]
A radio transmitter is a device that sends radio signals through the air at specific frequencies, like the FM station WDET-FM in Detroit which broadcasts at 101.9 MHz. It matters because it allows radio stations to reach listeners across wide areas by converting audio and other information into electromagnetic waves that radios can receive.
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- telecommunications device
- Has part
- modulator
- Has use
- transmission
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- Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia
- opposite of
- radio receiver
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thumb|Commercial FM broadcasting transmitter at radio station [[WDET-FM, Wayne State University, Detroit, US. It broadcasts at 101.9 MHz with a radiated power of 48 kW.]]
In electronics and telecommunications, a radio transmitter or just transmitter (often abbreviated as XMTR or TX in technical documents) is an electronic device which produces radio waves with an antenna with the purpose of signal transmission to a radio receiver. The transmitter itself generates a radio frequency alternating current, which is applied to the antenna. When excited by this alternating current, the antenna radiates radio waves.
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