The Secret Life of Machines - Season 2 Episode 5 The Secret Life of the Radio Set
Any electrical spark creates radio waves and acts as a transmitter. You hear sparks on a radio as interference. That's why lighting makes radios crackle, and even the tiny spark in a switch is enough to make a noise on the radio when turning on a light.
Episode Contents:
Models: Toilet tube crystal set.
Machines: Lovely little (1 metre long) RC car made by Rex for kids show.
Guests: A Hertz induction coil and loop reciever. Early Marconi radios. Antique BBC transmitter (c.1920) and it's modern equivalent. Various antique sets and accessories.
Films: The cartoon life of young Marconi and an old Armstrong. An ad for 1950 plastic RCA portables.
Extro: Motorized novelty radios.
Year: 1993
Genre: Documentary
Country:
Studio: Channel 4
Director: Tim Hunkin
Cast: Tim Hunkin, Rex Garrod
Crew: Tim Hunkin (Writer)
First Air Date: Nov 15, 1988
Last Air date: Mar 25, 1993
Season: 3 Season
Episode: 18 Episode
Runtime: 30 minutes
IMDb: 7.60/10 by 5.00 users
Popularity: 7.0095
Language: English
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