radio receiver
Airwave listening device
A radio receiver is an electronic device that picks up radio waves and converts them into sound or data.
The term distinguishes the receiving equipment from transmitters, though most modern radios combine both functions.
In casual use, simply called a radio: The old radio receiver in the garage still picks up AM stations.
- speakerOne who talks
- antennaBroadcast signal receiver
- AMPre-midday designation
- frequencyRate of recurrence
- wirelessUntethered signal transmission
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- Receiverssatellite dish, tuner, analog tuner, handset, earpiece
- vintage radiostransistor, crystal set, shortwave, tuning dial, dial face
- radiocrystal set, AM, FM, news broadcast, AM/FM
- Communist Symbolshammer and sickle, red star, Soviet flag, red banner, CCCP
- codebreaking toolsEnigma machine, cipher key, Colossus, codebook, decryption key
- sensorsbiosensors, temperature sensor, pressure sensors, heat sensor, ammeter
radio receiverradio transmitter
Broadcasts electromagnetic signals wirelessly
transmitter · broadcaster · radio broadcaster · radio station · broadcast tower
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