Radio receiver
In radio communications, |
a radio |
receiver (commonly also |
called |
a radio) is an electronic device that receives radio waves and converts the information carried by them to a usable form.
Radio receiver components
•An antenna
•A resonant circuit (tuned circuit)
•A detector
•An indicating device such as an earphone
History
Radio waves were first identified in German
physicist Heinrich Hertz's 1887 series of experiments to prove James Clerk Maxwell's electroma
gnetic |
theory. Hertz |
used |
spark-excited |
dipole |
antennas to |
generate the waves and
micrometer spark gaps attached
to dipole and loop antennas to detect
Types of radio receivers
•Consumer audio and high fidelity audio receivers and AV receivers
•Communications receivers
•Simple crystal radio receivers
•Satellite television receivers
•Specialized-use receivers such as telemetry
•Measuring receivers or measurement
•Scanners
•Internet radio devices