terms Flashcards

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Gugliemo Marconi

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transmitted wireless messages across the English channel in 1896, across the Atlantic in 1901
-father of radio

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2
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nikola tesla

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disputed that he invented radio in 1895

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3
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Ham radio operators

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  • Thousands of early experimenters (early ‘hackers’)
  • Radio kits marketed at young boys
  • Crowding of airwaves
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4
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Radio Act of 1912

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  • After the Titanic disaster

- required wireless operators to be licensed by the federal government

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5
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Radio Act of 1927

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  • Government owns the airwaves, stations have to apply for licenses
  • Trustee model (gov’t is trustee for public good)
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6
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Communications Act of 1934

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replaced the Federal Radio Commission with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

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7
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trustee model

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the government is the trustee for public good

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8
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FDR

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fireside chats

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9
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King George VI

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the king’s speech

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10
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spectrum scarcity

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regulation placed over radio licenses because of limited broadcast spectrum space

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11
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AM

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  • Amplitude modulation
  • Can travel farther
  • Good for rural areas with large areas, small audiences
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12
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FM

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  • Frequency modulation
  • Shorter distance
  • Often in large cities
  • Larger audience
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13
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Orson Welles

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wrote War of the Worlds radio play

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14
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War of the Worlds

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radio play everyone thought was real

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15
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iheartmedia

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radio conglomerate

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16
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Mercator Projection

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Europe at center
Equator 2/3 down instead of halfway, shrinking Southern Hemisphere
Greenland huge
Africa tiny 
Antartica?
17
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The Peters projection

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big africa, small greenland, equator at center

18
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Robinson projection

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cylinder, grid

19
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Authagraph map

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96 regions