Archive for October, 2008

Why is it that the crystal AM radio I made must be connected to ground but my portable radio does not?

Wednesday, October 29th, 2008

Jason W asked: If a radio is not connected to ground, where does the electricity flow from the antenna? There must be another end of the circuit, right?Corabelle

How can I start a small Internet radio station for me and my friends?

Wednesday, October 29th, 2008

djraddy asked: Ok, so we started playing around on Yahoo Voice Conference and me and a friend decided to start a little pretend radio station on it. Well now we made a website for it, and I'd like to make a live feed from my computer microphone to the site ...

How can my internet radio station start making money?

Saturday, October 25th, 2008

Ms E asked: I currently have an internet radio station, but due to overhead costs (we use a professional studio) I need to find out more about helping my radio show generate some sort of revenue. Can anyone offer some suggestions?Jacquette

Why does the radio goes silent when starting the engine of a car?

Friday, October 24th, 2008

crowslayer91 asked: Why is it that when you start the engine of a car, the radio goes silent for the duration of the ignition? Like, you insert the key. Turn the key once. The battery to the car is on and the radio (if on) starts. You can hear the radio ...

How to get Radio Stations from a further distance?

Tuesday, October 21st, 2008

WASHINGTON CAPITALS # 1 FAN asked: I have a Boombox, RCA RS 2620, is there anything I could do to it that I would get radio stations that are further?Heleen

How come when i call radio disney and somebody answers its some hispanic lady?

Sunday, October 19th, 2008

Sarajoma asked: I want to get in to the real radio disney to talk to the JoBros today.I call the correct number,and still,the hispanic lady answers.Brina

How can our small church set up a radio broadcast in local area?

Thursday, October 16th, 2008

Jackie S asked: How can our small church set up a radio broadcast in local area? We would like to somehow set up a localized radio broadcast live of the sermon each Sunday. This way, Nursery workers and children's workers on the other side of the building (and even neighbors to ...

How to build a radio transmitter using a 4MHz crystal oscillator?

Wednesday, October 15th, 2008

Nafee S asked: I am trying to build a radio transmitter for my science fair project. Our design uses a 1MHz crystal oscillator and a 8ohm to 1k ohm transformer on a solderless bread board. But the shops in my area don't have 1 MHz crystal, they only have ...

How long will it take for a radio wave sent from space satellite circulating Mars to reach the Earth?

Tuesday, October 14th, 2008

Monkey asked: If the planet Mars is about 56 million kilometers from Earth, how long would it take for a radio wave sent from space satellite circling Mars to reach Earth? Assume that radio waves travel at the speed of light.Mellie

How do radio stations know how many people are listening? Do our radios broadcast back to the station?

Friday, October 10th, 2008

jonman_t asked: I dont think our radios would have enough transmit power to reach a radio station but how else would they know how many listeners they have at one time. And to broaden things , how do television stations know whos watching? Does my cable send messages back to ...