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  3. / How a radio signal travels from transmitter to receiver
Contents
  • Amateur radio basics
    • The ionosphere for radio amateurs — D, E and F layers
    • How a radio signal travels from transmitter to receiver
    • What is amateur radio? — ITU and IARU basics
    • Callsigns explained — structure, prefixes and use
    • VHF and UHF basics — a beginner guide
    • Operating procedure basics — CQ, QSO and RST
  • Equipment
  • Antennas and RF
    • Power, dB, dBm, dBi and dBd — what they mean
    • SWR without myths — what it says and what it does not
    • Antenna basics — wavelength, resonance and SWR
  • Digital communications
    • FT8 without magic — what really happens in a QSO
    DMR
    • What is DMR and how it works — timeslots, Color Code
    APRS
    • What is APRS — Automatic Packet Reporting System
    Meshtastic / LoRa
    • What is Meshtastic and LoRa — differences and basics
  • Field operating
    • POTA, SOTA and WWFF — outdoor amateur radio
    POTA
    SOTA
    WWFF
  • Contests
  • Do it yourself
    • E70BS 30A 13.8V Linear PSU for Radio
    • DIY 130 Ah LiFePO4 Battery pack
  • Tutorials
    • Knowledge base overview
  • Regulations and licences
    • Amateur radio licences in BiH — Entry, Novice, CEPT

How a radio signal travels from transmitter to receiver

The full radiocommunication chain: information, modulation, RF, transmitter, feedline, antenna, propagation, reception, demodulation and losses along the path.

Last updated Sep 23, 2026

Sources

  1. 01
    What is amateur radio? →

    IARU

  2. 02
    ITU-R P.341-7 — transmission loss, antenna gain, dipole 2.15 dBi (verified excerpt) →

    ITU-R

  3. 03
    ITU Radio Regulations — e.i.r.p. / e.r.p. / antenna gain (Nos. 1.160–1.162) →

    ITU

  4. 04
    ITU Handbook on Amateur and Amateur-Satellite Services (2026) — orientation (verified excerpt) →

    ITU-R

  5. 05
    IARU — amateur service purpose (verified excerpt) →

    IARU

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