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Combining colour, animation and sound to clarify principles of radio-wave transmission, this film illustrates how antennas propagate radio waves and how they may be adapted to increase the directivity of transmissions. The theoretical concepts are emphasized.

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Combining colour, animation and sound to clarify principles of radio-wave transmission, this film illustrates how antennas propagate radio waves and how they may be adapted to increase the directivity of transmissions. The theoretical concepts are emphasized.

Technology Media and Communication All subjects
  • director
    René Jodoin
  • producer
    Frank Spiller
  • executive producer
    Peter Jones
  • photography
    Douglas Poulter
  • animation
    Austin Campbell
  • narrator
    Bill Walker

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