Chapter 1
Chapter 1
INTRODUCTION
1.1. Introduction
The electrical energy that has escaped into the free space exits in the form of
electromagnetic waves which travel with the velocity of light. Electromagnetic waves
are propagated through space from the transmission antenna to the receiving antenna.
Wireless communication system has two sections, transmitter and receiver. At the
transmitting end, the information to be sent is imposed on a locally generated radio
signal called a carrier. The process of imposing the information signal on the carrier is
called modulation.
Radio is the technology of signaling and communicating using radio waves.
Radio waves are electromagnetic waves of frequency between 30 hertz (Hz) and 300
gigahertz (GHz). They are generated by an electronic device called a transmitter
connected to an antenna which radiates the waves, and received by a radio receiver
connected to another antenna. Radio is very widely used in modern technology, in
radio communication, radar, radio navigation, remote control, remote sensing and
other applications. In radio communication, used in radio and television broadcasting,
cell phones, two-way radios, wireless networking and satellite communication among
numerous other uses, radio waves are used to carry information across space from a
transmitter to a receiver, by modulating the radio signal (impressing an information
signal on the radio wave by varying some aspect of the wave) in the transmitter.
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In radar, used to locate and track objects like aircraft, ships, spacecraft and
missiles, a beam of radio waves emitted by a radar transmitter reflects off the target
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object, and the reflected waves reveal the object's location. In radio navigation
systems such as GPS and VOR, a mobile receiver receives radio signals from
navigational radio beacons whose position is known, and by precisely measuring the
arrival time of the radio waves the receiver can calculate its position on Earth. In
wireless radio remote control devices like drones, garage door openers, and keyless
entry systems, radio signals transmitted from a controller device control the actions of
a remote device.
1.2. Aim and Objectives
(a) To study all necessary facts of background theory concerning the radio
wave control system.
amplifier system.