A crystal radio is basically a high Q resonator tied to an antenna and an envelope detector. These days the envelope detector is a point contact diode such as a 1N34 Germanium diode. The resonant ...

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For the radio, the 1930s was a golden age. At the start of the decade 12 million American households owned a radio, and by 1939 this total had exploded to more than 28 million. But why was this ...

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Motorola, once the undisputed king of mobile, may have fallen from the throne of the best smartphones, but it’s far from banished from the kingdom. While Samsung, Apple, and Google dominate the ...

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Please verify your email address. Motorola has been making cell phones since they were big, bulky affairs that needed to be installed in cars and briefcases. Its ...

A lament about the demise of AM radio has been rising in the halls of Congress. Several automakers, most notably Tesla and Ford, have decided to stop putting AM radios in their electric vehicles.

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There is such thing as too cheap when it comes to an Android phone, and the Motorola Moto G Play (2024) is it. It offers just one rear camera, one major software update (to Android 14), and a ...