Sign In
We'll never share your email with anyone else.
Reset Password

Enter your email address and we'll send you a link to reset your password.

Back to Sign In
AVAILABLE FORMATS

Watch Now Download
Poster The Secret Life of Machines

The Secret Life of Machines Season 2 Episode 5: The Secret Life of the Radio Set 1991

Watch Tv Show Series The Secret Life of Machines : 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..

Genre: Documentary
Air Date: 1991-01-05
Season Number: 2
Episodes Number: 5
Stars: Tim Hunkin (Himself - Presenter) , Rex Garrod (Himself - Co-Presenter)
Download : MKV
Download : MP4

TV Similars

TV Recommendations