radio transmitter

Wireless wave source

A radio transmitter is a device that generates radio waves to send signals through the air.

It converts electrical signals—voice, data, or other information—into electromagnetic waves that propagate to receivers.

Radio transmitters range from massive broadcast towers to the tiny chips in cell phones and wireless earbuds.

The emergency radio transmitter sent out a distress signal.

Opposites
signal direction

radio transmitterradio receiver

Frequency-tuned listening device

receiver · listening device · radio scanner · radio tuner · tuner

communication mode

radio transmittercable

Heavy-duty woven line

landline · ethernet cable · telegraph wire

communication function

radio transmittersignal jammer

Broadcasts interference to block signals

radio silence

Family

radio, radiate, transmit, radiance, transmission, radiation, radiator, transmitted, transmitter

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G