This seems pretty cool for learning radio tech.

I haven't played with it tooo much, so if anyone sees anything wrong, please post it.

You'll need Java installed AND working.

Notice you can download the animations, or run it on their web site.
http://www.colorado.edu/physics/phet/web-pages/simulations-base.html

Too lazy to look at it, however. Having done electronics, i say that you need to have hands on training and i dont trust anything off the web.

definitely very interesting but unfortunately too damn boring to sit through lol

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Originally posted by cracka-lack:
definitely very interesting but unfortunately too damn boring to sit through lol

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uh thats because it is not something one 'sits through'..

its interactive, to show how radio waves might look, as you change frequencies and power, etc.

it is one of the best things that i'v seen explaining this.

but still falls short i suppose, because radio waves are NOT something anyone has actually 'seen'.

i understand the self contained water-pump illustration and the pebble in the water one, but again, the all encompassing radio wave is apparently much more complex than these mere human illustrations.


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yo, thay site is pretty sweet. i dont know how you foud it, but thanks for sharing it with us.

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Originally posted by destructo56:
i dont know how you foud it

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How do you find anything these days?!

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Originally posted by Yuki:
How do you find anything these days?!

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what do you mean.

stations on short wave?

on sw you need to know what you are looking for, so you can set the frequency and listen at the time of the broadcast-- just like am/fm pretty much--- but only more so because sw moves their frequencies as the day changes.

if you are talking about equipment, cb shops, pawn and thrift stores are a good place to look for used stuff (and newspapers and trade journals of course).

if you mean where do i find all this stuff i post sometimes-- well, i dunno.. just lucky :)

I love you Halvy. I played with the electricity one for a while, and I'm about to do it again. My dad is an electrician by trade, I haven't shown any of this to him, but I think I will.

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Originally posted by cracka-lack:
definitely very interesting but unfortunately too damn boring to sit through lol

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How can something be interesting AND boring?

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Originally posted by Dirty Hippy 1969:
How can something be interesting AND boring?

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lol, good point hippy, maybe it has something to do with the nick he choose :)

i go to that school X\

Ya know halvy, your a great poster here on totse your the type I like to see. Your passionate in your posts, your learned, And you always help people on here and dont act like your better than everyone. Its very humbling.

Just wanted to tell you that.

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Originally posted by legalaid:
Ya know halvy, your a great poster here on totse your the type I like to see. Your passionate in your posts, your learned, And you always help people on here and dont act like your better than everyone. Its very humbling.

Just wanted to tell you that.

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I can't begin to tell you, how much that meant to me