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The Secret Life of the Radio - Remastered

tim hunkin · documentary · Watch on YouTube

Electronics & circuit designMechanical & precision engineeringHistory of computing

What it is

Remastered episode of Tim Hunkin's The Secret Life of Machines about the radio, covering its development including Hertz and Marconi experiments and Armstrong's FM radio in animated form.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN recommends the series as awesome and notes it is now legally on YouTube; commenters cite it for radio history.

  • 2 people recommended it
  • 2 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2021, last 2024

What HN commenters said

  1. “it worth watching the whole video if you are interested”

    Demonstrates AM radio picking up a switch's interference

    y04nn, 2021-12 · Recommendation · in “I bought 1000 meters of wire to settle a physics debate [video]”

  2. “awesome series, now freely/legally posted on YT”

    Series now legally posted on YouTube

    throw0101b, 2023-03 · Recommendation · in “Apple Music Classical”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: radio, tim hunkin, marconi, fm radio, how machines work

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