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PhET Simulation: Radio Waves & Electromagnetic Fields
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This simulation from the University of Colorado will help you understand how to broadcast radio waves from a transmitter to receiver. You can control the transmitter electron or set automatic oscillation. You can display the field as a curve or vectors, and vary the frequency and amplitude.

This item is part of a larger collection of simulations developed by the Physics Education Technology project (PhET). The simulations are animated, interactive, and game-like environments.
https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulations/radio-waves
Subjects Levels Resource Types
Electricity & Magnetism
- Electromagnetic Radiation
Waves and Pendula
- Oscillations
= Simple Harmonic Motion
- Lower Undergraduate
- High School
- Instructional Material
= Activity
= Interactive Simulation
Intended Users Formats Ratings
- Learners
- Educators
- application/java
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Access Rights: Free access
Restriction: © 2005 University of Colorado at Boulder
Additional information is available.
Keywords: electric force, electromagnetic field, electromagnetic radiation, electromagnetism, radio waves, wave propogation
Record Cloner: Metadata instance created October 6, 2006 by Caroline Hall
Record Updated: Feb 22, 2025 by Lyle Barbato
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when Cataloged:		 March 3, 2006
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Record Link
AIP Format
(PhET, Boulder, 2005), WWW Document, (https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulations/radio-waves).
AJP/PRST-PER
PhET Simulation: Radio Waves & Electromagnetic Fields (PhET, Boulder, 2005), <https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulations/radio-waves>.
APA Format
PhET Simulation: Radio Waves & Electromagnetic Fields. (2006, March 3). Retrieved May 14, 2025, from PhET: https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulations/radio-waves
Chicago Format
PhET. PhET Simulation: Radio Waves & Electromagnetic Fields. Boulder: PhET, March 3, 2006. https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulations/radio-waves (accessed 14 May 2025).
MLA Format
PhET Simulation: Radio Waves & Electromagnetic Fields. Boulder: PhET, 2005. 3 Mar. 2006. 14 May 2025 <https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulations/radio-waves>.
BibTeX Export Format
@misc{ Title = {PhET Simulation: Radio Waves & Electromagnetic Fields}, Publisher = {PhET}, Volume = {2025}, Number = {14 May 2025}, Month = {March 3, 2006}, Year = {2005} }
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