Radio piratevignette|REM Island était une plate-forme au large de la côte néerlandaise utilisée comme station de radio pirate en 1964 avant d'être démantelée par la Netherlands Marine Corp. Une radio pirate est une station de radio émettant sans autorisation administrative. Ces émetteurs radio ont connu leur âge d'or lors de l'explosion de la culture pop, avant la naissance, en nombre, des radios libres (autorisées en France au début des années 1980), remplacées progressivement par des radios privées couvrant tout le territoire.
Puissance apparente rayonnéevignette|rhj'"ut La puissance apparente rayonnée (PAR) est une mesure théorique standardisée de l'énergie des ondes radioélectriques émises par une antenne exprimée en watts ou en dBm P(dBm)= 10*log(P(mW)). Elle résulte de la puissance émise par l'amplificateur de l’antenne corrigée des gains et les pertes du système de transmission. La PAR prend en compte la puissance de sortie de l'émetteur, les pertes dues aux lignes, connecteurs et le gain de l'antenne.
Broadcast licenseA broadcast license is a type of spectrum license granting the licensee permission to use a portion of the radio frequency spectrum in a given geographical area for broadcasting purposes. The licenses generally include restrictions, which vary from band to band. Spectrum may be divided according to use. As indicated in a graph from the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), frequency allocations may be represented by different types of services which vary in size.
In-band on-channelLe terme in-band on-channel (IBOC) désigne une famille de méthodes de transmission d'émissions de radio simultanément en numérique et en analogique (simulcast) sur la même fréquence porteuse. Le principe est de conserver le signal analogique classique, ce qui permet aux récepteurs existants de continuer à recevoir les émissions, et d'« accrocher » en plus des données numériques à la porteuse principale du signal analogique. Cette méthode est utilisable aussi bien en modulation d'amplitude (AM) qu'en modulation de fréquence (FM).
Radio advertisementIn the United States, commercial radio stations make most of their revenue by selling airtime to be used for running radio advertisements. These advertisements are the result of a business or a service providing a valuable consideration, usually money, in exchange for the station airing their commercial or mentioning them on air. The most common advertisements are "spot commercials", which normally last for no more than one minute, and longer programs, commonly running up to one hour, known as "informercials".
Radio associativeUne radio associative, ou radio communautaire en Amérique du Nord (community radio en anglais), est un type de station de radio alternatif aux stations de radio commerciales et aux stations de radio de service public. Dans les pays anglophones et hispanophones, on parle de radios communautaires (community radio), tandis que l'expression radio associative est privilégiée en France. Selon Pascal Ricaud, . Radios communautaires au Québec Une radio associative est une station de radio à but non lucratif, régie par la loi de 1901.
Military communicationsMilitary communications or military signals involve all aspects of communications, or conveyance of information, by armed forces. Examples from Jane's Military Communications include text, audio, facsimile, tactical ground-based communications, naval signalling, terrestrial microwave, tropospheric scatter, satellite communications systems and equipment, surveillance and signal analysis, security, direction finding and jamming. The most urgent purposes are to communicate information to commanders and orders from them.
Studio transmitter linkA studio transmitter link (or STL) sends a radio station's or television station's audio and video from the broadcast studio or origination facility to a radio transmitter, television transmitter or uplink facility in another location. This is accomplished through the use of terrestrial microwave links or by using fiber optic or other telecommunication connections to the transmitter site. This is often necessary because the best locations for an antenna are on top of a mountain, where a much shorter radio tower is required, but where locating a studio may be impractical.
Signal strength in telecommunicationsIn telecommunications, particularly in radio frequency engineering, signal strength refers to the transmitter power output as received by a reference antenna at a distance from the transmitting antenna. High-powered transmissions, such as those used in broadcasting, are expressed in dB-millivolts per metre (dBmV/m). For very low-power systems, such as mobile phones, signal strength is usually expressed in dB-microvolts per metre (dBμV/m) or in decibels above a reference level of one milliwatt (dBm).
Low-power broadcastingLow-power broadcasting is broadcasting by a broadcast station at a low transmitter power output to a smaller service area than "full power" stations within the same region. It is often distinguished from "micropower broadcasting" (more commonly "microbroadcasting") and broadcast translators. LPAM, LPFM and LPTV are in various levels of use across the world, varying widely based on the laws and their enforcement.
