radio communications
Over-the-air messaging
Radio communications is the transmission and reception of information using radio waves—electromagnetic signals that travel through air or space without wires.
The term covers everything from two-way radio conversations between pilots and air traffic control to broadcast radio, amateur radio, and military communications: Radio communications were disrupted during the storm.
Often shortened to radio comms in technical and military contexts.
- antennaBroadcast signal receiver
- broadcastingMass signal transmission
- air traffic controlManaging aircraft separation and movement
- electromagnetic wavesSelf-propagating field oscillations
- transmitterSignal-emitting device
emergency response · walkie-talkie · over and out · shortwave · bandwidth · modulator · Morse code · repeater · wave interference · dead air · wireless telegraphy · licensing agreements · carrier waves · distress signal · satellite dish · international treaties · decibels · transceiver
- D-DayD-Day, Normandy, Omaha Beach, Utah Beach, Gold Beach
- Coast Guard trainingboot camp, seamanship, navigation skills, water survival, swim training
- polar operationsice roads, ice station, research station, icebreakers, research base
- maritime trainingcadet training, seamanship, navigation training, officer training, maritime safety
- armor warfaretanks, armored vehicles, armored divisions, armored units, armored combat
- Air Trafficair traffic control, ATC, controller, radar contact, radar tracking
radio communicationsethernet
Wired networking standard
wireline · telegraph · coaxial cable · fiber optics · telephone lines
radio communicationsdirect speech
Exact quoted utterance
physical presence · written correspondence · semaphore · smoke signals
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