CSAAPT, AAPT-SEPS, NJAAPT Spring 2026 Joint Semi-Virtual Meeting

An Easy Way to See Radio Waves

Apr 18, 2026, 2:00 PM

15m

University of Delaware, Sharp Laboratory

Demo (15 min) Room 103 (Parallel B)

Speaker

Robert Schwartz (SEPS-AAPT)

Description

With the use of an oscilloscope, inductor and a capacitor, the modulated carrier wave of an AM radio station can be seen.