Sentences with phrase «radio over large distances»

The transmission of high quantities of data by radio over large distances serves a high number of important application areas: the next generation of satellite communication requires an ever - increasing data offload from earth observation satellites down to earth.

Not exact matches

Although they last mere milliseconds at any single frequency, their great distances from Earth — and large quantities of intervening plasma — delay their arrival at lower frequencies, spreading the signal out over a second or more and yielding a distinctive downward - swooping «whistle» across the typical radio receiver band.

This current can be tapped and amplified by the radio or television receiver, allowing power and information to be communicated over large distances without direct electrical connection.