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The Secret Life of the Radio - Remastered

tim hunkin · 359.6K views · 2021-06-03 · 31:39

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Remastered episode of Tim Hunkin's The Secret Life of Machines about the radio, covering its development including Hertz and Marconi experiments and Armstrong's FM radio in animated form.

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HN recommends the series as awesome and notes it is now legally on YouTube; commenters cite it for radio history.

Recommended by 2 HN people across 2 months · HN mentions 2021–2024

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Electronics & circuit designMechanical & precision engineeringHistory of computing
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throw0101b · 2023-03 · Recommendation

This is the "Take Five" variant by Val Bennett, "The Russians Are Coming", used in the show Secret Life of Machines (awesome series, now freely/legally posted on YT): * [VIDEO] * [LINK] * [LINK]

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y04nn · 2021-12 · Recommendation

Absolutely, if you turn on and off a light switch while listening an AM radio (even static) you would hear it through your speaker, as in this demonstration [1] (it worth watching the whole video if you are interested). [1] [VIDEO]

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helsinkiandrew · 2024-03 · Reference

Tim Hunkin has posted a remastered version of his "The Secret Life of the Radio" TV program (from 1987) which recreates some of Hertz and Marconi's experiments with spark gaps and coherers. [VIDEO]

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