“BASIC PRINCIPLES OF FREQUENCY MODULATION” 1944 U.S. WAR DEPARTMENT FILM FM RADIO 86794

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    Made during WWII by the War Department, this official training film describes what frequency modulation (FM) is and how to use it in reference to radio communications. It also provides the comparison between FM and AM radio as far as what advantages FM has over AM. Originally restricted, the film was released for public educational use in 1949. It opens with U.S. soldiers playing ping pong while listening to AM radio (:28). When one of the men begins to use an electric razor, the radio gets staticky and one of the men switches the radio to FM so they can still listen to the music clearly (1:02). FM was a major step forward in radio and as guests tuned into a radio programs now they were listening to what the microphone was picking up (1:24). AM radio had its drawbacks in the sense that whenever it was used for communication in the battlefield (2:06) it would pick up static which would mess with the signal. Tank tracks made reception near impossible (2:13) as well as a slew of other war materials and natural occurrences such as thunderstorms (2:25). FM was able to remove this issue (2:34) and the film turns to breaking down the proponents of AM radio (2:40). A diagram follows, pointing to the oscillator (2:49) which generated the carrier wave that is fed into the amplifier (2:57). At this point it carried no message and for AM, intelligence was pressed upon the wave through a microphone (3:13). The intelligence is converted into electrical energy which goes into the modulator (3:24) and is then amplified. The intelligence is radiated by the antenna (4:06). The process of amplifying the waves is depicted (4:41) as it moves through the IF Amplifier and then the demodulator (4:55) which changes the vibrations back into audio frequency (5:03). From here it enters a speaker and becomes sound again (5:14). AM worked well in perfect conditions (5:38) unless there were any electrical interferences. A demonstration follows where a lighting strike interferes with the wave (6:00) which makes the wave fuzzy and the intelligence indiscernible. The film shows the difference between AM and FM (7:22). AM carried the wave through increasing or decreasing the strength of the carrier whereas FM did the same job by changing the frequency of the carrier this way the static would only affect the amplitude and not the frequency (7:43). A few of the types of FM transmitters used by the army follow (7:59). The FM oscillator is broken down in diagram next (8:21) with the rest wave pointed to. Capacitor microphones could change AM to FM waves (9:01) and this was done by placing one parallel with the capacitor and the tank circuit (8:57). With this addition, the frequency now varied at an audio rate (9:41). A diagram follows pointing to a line which represents the rest frequency of the oscillator (11:14) and how it varies when sound is impressed on the capacitator mic (11:34). As example shows how the frequency affects the rate of change (11:43) as well as how the volume or loudness of the frequency determines the amount of deviation (13:13). Due to the potential of the deviation to interfere with other transmitters (13:26), the army set a maximum deviation of 40 kilocycles (13:32) on both sides of the rest frequency. Guard bands were also provided as there must be some sort of separation between the channels (14:10) and 10 kilocycles are allotted on either side. In addition to what the film has already shown, the army also used two other systems to get FM called radiance tube and phase modulation (15:04). There are three main differences between the AM and FM receivers and these are the band pass (15:40), the frequency modulation receiver (16:03) and the amplitude variations. A diagram of the AM receiver follows (16:33) and how these variations can be changed to turn it into an FM receiver including the addition of the limiter (16:57) and the discriminator (17:21). The limiter is broken down in diagram (18:00) and how it clips off any variations on the positive and negative portions of the wave (18:49). After the variations have been clipped off, the wave ends are squared and this leads to distortion of the signal (24:42). The plate circuit handles this problem by smoothing out any irregularities or sharp corners of the wave (24:49). A simplified diagram of the discriminator follows (25:23). The wave from the discriminator is fed into AF amplifiers and comes out of the speakers in the same way which an AM receiver does (27:57). This film concludes (28:19).
    This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD and 2k. For more information visit www.PeriscopeFilm.com

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  • @nighttime9539
    @nighttime9539 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Thanks

    • @PeriscopeFilm
      @PeriscopeFilm  11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Thanks for this gift! Donations like this help us acquire, preserve and present more endangered films.

  • @davidryan672
    @davidryan672 ปีที่แล้ว +587

    Back in the 70's, when I was an A/V tech at a local community college, I used a 16mm copy of this film as a test reel when repairing Bell & Howell movie projectors. I watched it at my bench, countless times on a piece of 8.5 x 11 cardstock for a screen, learning about frequency modulation in the process. Years later I applied for and got my FCC GROL and thanks in part to this film I got through the FM questions without trouble. Never knew of Kent Smith except for this film until later I saw him in several movies. I couldn't look at him in a movie plot without thinking of his voice saying "the capacitance of the tank circuit affects the frequency of the oscillator". Thanks Periscope for preserving these valuable historic treasures.

    • @mistergrandpasbakery9941
      @mistergrandpasbakery9941 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Nice!

    • @Kangaroojack1986
      @Kangaroojack1986 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      These old movies seem to be much better at explaining basic principles of complex topics. Check out the early GM films about differentials for a perfect example of this.

    • @jharris0341
      @jharris0341 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@Kangaroojack1986 Dude, that GM film is awesome.

    • @jaysonscott187
      @jaysonscott187 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Thats beautiful, man. Thanks for sharing

    • @Locutus
      @Locutus ปีที่แล้ว +6

      70s, not 70's. Seventies, not seventie's.

  • @FrypanMan69
    @FrypanMan69 ปีที่แล้ว +242

    These old videos are better than any college lecture I've ever attended

    • @Otswartz
      @Otswartz ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Just think of all the money you could have saved ! :)

    • @JKGrimm
      @JKGrimm ปีที่แล้ว +9

      I swear I'm learning more from these than anywhere else

    • @penatoliy
      @penatoliy ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I can say same for some ussr education videos.

    • @VintageAviation737
      @VintageAviation737 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      That’s what I’m saying duddeeee. I find myself understanding better when I watch videos like these

    • @complexity5545
      @complexity5545 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I wish I could find a library with all those 1940's and 1950s education and military videos.

  • @vancouverman4313
    @vancouverman4313 ปีที่แล้ว +226

    These old training films are so well explained that anyone could understand them. Kent Smith, the actor who is doing the narration and demonstration was in the late 1960s science fiction program, The Invaders. He played the multimillionaire government contractor who was sympathetic to the main character, played by David Thinnes, who financed him and gave him contacts in the US government.

    • @curtislowe4577
      @curtislowe4577 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I thought he looked familiar. I'll have to research if he guested on Perry Mason.

    • @Col_Sanders
      @Col_Sanders ปีที่แล้ว +3

      And it's not like basic understanding of AM/FM has changed. This video is every bit as relevant today as it was 80 years ago.

    • @bringer-of-change
      @bringer-of-change ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I strongly agree.

    • @navizhunastye3756
      @navizhunastye3756 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ну вот и ему достойное место в истории развития радиосвязи подкинули. Дрочи дальше.

    • @MrBonger88
      @MrBonger88 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You got the names mixed up. Easy mistake. It was Roy Thinnes who played David Vincent. Thanks , I was trying to figure out why Kent Smith looked so familiar

  • @avalanche9026
    @avalanche9026 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    The generation that changed the world. May rest in piece

    • @mandarbamane4268
      @mandarbamane4268 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      All generations gave some contribution. Fourier and Laplace are also important people

  • @HogTieChamp
    @HogTieChamp ปีที่แล้ว +23

    I love the fact that he uses the term 'hashing up' or 'hash up' to refer to the introduction of a second pattern (noise, in this case) to the encoded / modulated "intelligence" signal.
    The modern use of 'hashing' relates to the introduction of a second pattern -- usually an encryption code -- to modern digital intelligence. At heart, these two senses of "hashing" are identical, even while the carrier of intelligence is different.
    I love it because most of the concepts and terminology of modern computer science actual _pre-dates_ computers themselves! The modern conception of using strings of 0s and 1s as carrier of information is just a re-envisioning of the early 20th century technology of analog electrical pulses or radio waves as a carrier of information.
    Very cool!! 😀

    • @knighthawk2062
      @knighthawk2062 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      This is amazing and you are amazing... Thank you!!! Love learning 😂😊👌♥️

    • @shroud1390
      @shroud1390 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      How are they actually sending 1s and 0s? If you look at digital AUDIO its almost always an analog carrier wave, usually voltage. Where the voltage is read as a 1 or 0.

    • @HogTieChamp
      @HogTieChamp ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@shroud1390 I don't know enough about the technical details to give you a complete answer, but I'll share what I know. There are many methods to modulate a radio signal to carry 1s and 0s. Amplitude modulation is probably the most familiar because it maps nicely onto that voltage modulation strategy you described. Instead of high/low voltage, the radio waves are "burst" in chunks of high or low amplitude. Even more simple is OOK modulation, meaning On-Off Keying, where the high-amplitude signal is literally switched on for 1s and off for 0s. (OOK is crappy because a string of 0s is just dead air, so the signal falls apart with even small noise.)
      There is also frequency modulation that works exactly like the analog FM described in this old video. Instead of having smoothly-variable frequency modulation to carry an analog message, the frequency is "jerked" back and forth to represent only two distinct values. (I think that's how those FRS "walkie-talkie" radios work, but I'm not certain.)
      There are several other modulation methods, like "side-shift modulation" and many others, but to be honest, I don't understand how any of that works.
      Bluetooth and WiFi use some pretty amazing modulation methods that permit sustained high-bitrate throughput even with dozens of devices blasting away. "Frequency hopping" is a big part of the solution here. All of it is interesting, but I don't claim to understand how it works.

    • @Professor-Patti
      @Professor-Patti 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Yes, the more things change the more they stay the same & there is nothing new under the sun. As a tenured computer professor, I totally & completely validate your comment. I often think how funny it is that all the answers, all the technology has been here all along, it's us humans that had to catch up or realize it. Wonder what else is around that we don't see yet? Great comment @HogTie Champ and what a great name, too.

    • @Professor-Patti
      @Professor-Patti 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@HogTieChamp It is very interesting and though I was tenured in Computer Science & taught the basics the science is still incredible and quite in-depth. Lovely, intelligent comment ...again!

  • @cjay2
    @cjay2 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    At 3:24 the film has the MODulator and the AMPlifier functions reversed. The film's 'MOD' is the audio amplifier and the film's AMP is the modulator stage.

    • @mjkirk12
      @mjkirk12 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I noted this also. And there usually is an RF power amp after the modulator feeding the antenna.

    • @tomstrum6259
      @tomstrum6259 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      No,.Per U.S. Army, the film is correct.......Back in those times, the Modulator block contained All the Audio amplification circuitry.....The Critical frequency stabilized Oscillator was physically Separated from the Rf Amplifier, which the Modulator is wired to.....

    • @official-obama
      @official-obama ปีที่แล้ว

      @@tomstrum6259 still, the modulated signal is over the amplifier

  • @kkampy4052
    @kkampy4052 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    My dad ran FM repeater stations out of a tent all over Europe in WWII. He was in the 926th signal batn. Part of the 9th TAC.

  • @NipkowDisk
    @NipkowDisk 2 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    Somewhere in the bowels of my house I have a circa 1941 book titled "Understanding Radio". It referred to FM as 'static-less radio' and essentially said it was revolutionary. Looking at FM today... indeed.

    • @metalbill
      @metalbill 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Nowadays, Commercial FM radio is full of more noise than ever!!

    • @rawcado
      @rawcado ปีที่แล้ว

      @@metalbill These days only old farts say Now-A-days 😆

  • @f1r3hunt3rz5
    @f1r3hunt3rz5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Some things in the old days were simply just better, no questions asked, and these videos are one of them.

  • @I-Libertine
    @I-Libertine ปีที่แล้ว +16

    These are so well done because the stakes for failure to communicate vastly exceed the self-absorbtion of the speaker.

  • @johnnywood8371
    @johnnywood8371 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    As a professional guitar player who uses a compressor (sometimes called a compressor/limiter), this is the best explanation I have seen for what it does. Compressors are used widely by individual musicians and in the recording studio in post-production to make a signal more crisp and clear and somehow fatter, fuller, and punchier. Unlike distortion, delay, reverb, etc., this effect is the hardest to understand or describe. Since I got my first compressor/limiter many years ago, it has been my desert island effect. More than overdrive or any other effect, I cannot go without it.

    • @morbidmanmusic
      @morbidmanmusic ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It's not that hard to understand.

    • @datboib3432
      @datboib3432 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@morbidmanmusic he didn’t explain how the compressor works, just how it’s utilized by musicians. Which is useful for somebody who isn’t a musician, or a novice musician.
      Unless you know what to listen for, the average person is not going to hear the difference that a compressor makes. But its very easy to hear what reverb, or distortion is, as was explained by the original poster.
      He also didn’t say he was confused by it. Rather, he explained the ways he likes it, and why he uses it.
      Your comment was only a few words, but it was chock-full of poor reading comprehension.
      Your ego got in the way, for literally no reason

    • @nap871
      @nap871 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Can you play freebird

  • @ChipEckardt
    @ChipEckardt ปีที่แล้ว +8

    These old military educational videos are AWESOME!!!

    • @PeriscopeFilm
      @PeriscopeFilm  ปีที่แล้ว +1

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    • @navizhunastye3756
      @navizhunastye3756 ปีที่แล้ว

      Бесшабашны и бесполезны точнеее.

    • @misterdeplorable2088
      @misterdeplorable2088 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@navizhunastye3756 isnt there a tide pod somewhere that needs eating ?

  • @karlbergen6826
    @karlbergen6826 ปีที่แล้ว +63

    This film is easier to understand than anything I've seen on FM. Even now technically useful.

    • @navizhunastye3756
      @navizhunastye3756 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ты принцип работы транзисторов в школе не изучал?? Пичалька...

  • @Brad-qw1te
    @Brad-qw1te ปีที่แล้ว +5

    3:50 I think an important thing that wasn't mentioned is why you need to modulate the wave.
    Its like putting a message in a bottle and letting water waves carry it across the ocean, only that here the ocean is the oscillating wave (An electromagnetic wave of some specific frequency) and the bottle is the sound signal you are trying to send. The oscillating wave is the medium where we can put out message and it can then travel wherever we need it too (within a range).

  • @Jeru185
    @Jeru185 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    They don't make them like that anymore - absolute gold!

  • @alfonsonishikawa
    @alfonsonishikawa 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I asked my physics teacher at university how a FM receiver works and he couldn't explain it...
    This videos are gold, what a very good explanations! Thank you very much!!

    • @keylanoslokj1806
      @keylanoslokj1806 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      They are way too bothered with theories and formulas to dedicate time to real life engineering

    • @nap871
      @nap871 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Can he screw in a light bulb or cut the grass. I personally know many lawyers who never had an original thought.

  • @davidechiappetta
    @davidechiappetta 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Kent Smith I have seen in many films, but what I will always remember are the two masterpieces 'Cat People' and 'The Spiral Staircase', flawless as always.

  • @lquinn7212
    @lquinn7212 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Say what you want about A.M. radio. When we were kids my dad gave us old transistor radios. I'd lie awake at night tuning in stations hundreds of miles away.

    • @ryanhuang8498
      @ryanhuang8498 ปีที่แล้ว

      Both have pro and cons. In Taiwan,most people live in tall apartment blocks. So MW or AM is often very tricky to get signal due to multipath and interference. If you are out in the open AM or MW would work better because it doesn't rely on line of sight.

  • @FayazAhmad-yl6sp
    @FayazAhmad-yl6sp ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I studied AM and FM during my diploma of Radio electronic associate engineer back in 1979.

    • @Chris_at_Home
      @Chris_at_Home ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Did you work in that field after you graduated?

    • @FayazAhmad-yl6sp
      @FayazAhmad-yl6sp ปีที่แล้ว

      @Chris
      Yes, i served in Pakistam television, worked on low and high power Transmitters, my specialisation was repairer and maintenance of power supplies and RF amplifiers.

  • @skipmars7979
    @skipmars7979 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    FM Stereo came out later for commercial broadcast. I believe it is on the other side of the resonate freq. shown at the 26:00 area of the video. This gives the dual channel stereo sound. That's why your broadcast stations are so far apart in freq. as opposed to commercial AM broadcast.

    • @michealobanaghan4220
      @michealobanaghan4220 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      FM stereo transmits the sum of both channels at the regular audio frequency but then the difference between them outside the standard audio range - the receiver also detects the difference and then subtracts that to recover the two separate left/right channels. The difference centres around 38KHz, which is inaudible to humans and so doesn't interfere with mono

  • @RugNug
    @RugNug ปีที่แล้ว +14

    That was cool. I was a radio guy in the Army 30 years ago, and believe it or not, some of the radios I worked on still had tubes.

    • @joehead1294
      @joehead1294 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I was a WCS radar tech in the Air Force 40+ years ago and the radar package I worked on was loaded with them.

    • @stevesilsby5288
      @stevesilsby5288 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Montgomery Ward (remember them?) was still selling tube-type televisions through 1974. They had a big sale in our local store to liquidate the last of their stock of them that year. All of their models from 1975 on were transistorized, except for the CRT of course.

    • @complexity5545
      @complexity5545 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I have an piano organ that still has tubes. I bought a joe meek tube amplifier in 2010. Tubes add that pretty noise that sounds good when singing. I have a tube radio local broadcaster (which might be a little illegal if I push the wattage up). I wish I had your knowledge. Thanks for your service.

    • @ItsMe-vg4vj
      @ItsMe-vg4vj ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Tubes were used in communications amplifiers in early coaxial cable systems. Early 80s.

  • @aprylrittenhouse4562
    @aprylrittenhouse4562 2 ปีที่แล้ว +60

    No. Silly me. That was awesome. I never knew how much went into this. I never knew how fm got rid of the static. Amazing how they invented this stuff. Thanx

    • @PeriscopeFilm
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    • @ranjeshkumar6799
      @ranjeshkumar6799 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@PeriscopeFilm

    • @jessihawkins9116
      @jessihawkins9116 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@PeriscopeFilm how tiny?🤔

    • @Locutus
      @Locutus ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Nothing really amazing. It's just physics.

    • @jessihawkins9116
      @jessihawkins9116 ปีที่แล้ว

      nobody hear invented anything it was taken from Germany at the end of ww2 or the guvment got it from the grays

  • @benzflynn
    @benzflynn ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Considering it was 1944 I think this is a great presentation.
    Full credit to the US Army for being progressive in its teaching practice.
    A good-humored and clear presenter and state of the art graphics.

  • @jaldav
    @jaldav ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Made possible by Edwin Howard Armstrong in the early 30s.

  • @seanj1984
    @seanj1984 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I loves these old training videos brings back memories

  • @rachelcody3355
    @rachelcody3355 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I'm just starting to learn Ham radio. Thank you for these films. these are awesome and helpful.

  • @colvinator1611
    @colvinator1611 2 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    Excellent video! A nostalgic trip down memory lane back my army days at the School of Electronic Engineering in the early seventies.

    • @navizhunastye3756
      @navizhunastye3756 ปีที่แล้ว

      Сочувствую. От вас скрывали радиопередатчики AM, FM, SSB😂😂😂

  • @sapper82
    @sapper82 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    FM in the UK was referred to VHF, Very High Frequency.

    • @russnixon6020
      @russnixon6020 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      VHF refers to the frequency of the AM carrier or the center frequency of the FM signal. FM modulation can occur anywhere in the RF spectrum. As a counter example, the VHF communications that aircraft use to speak to ground stations such as approach control is a VHF AM signal. As it happens, commercial FM broadcasts occur in the VHF portion of the radio spectrum, from about 50 MHz to about 300 MHz.

    • @sapper82
      @sapper82 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@russnixon6020 During the '50s & '60s domestic radio sets in the UK would have a choice of VHF, Short Wave, Medium Wave and Long Wave as band selections until the American terms AM & FM came in.

    • @scottkasper6378
      @scottkasper6378 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yous also eat beans for breakfast

    • @russnixon6020
      @russnixon6020 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@scottkasper6378 So enlightening...

    • @chris_vandepeer
      @chris_vandepeer 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@sapper82 You can have AM or FM in the VHF spectrum "30 MHz to 299 MHz" . VHF only means Very High frequency.

  • @arampak
    @arampak 2 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    There are a couple of misconceptions in the film. First, the lightning does not alter the existing wave. It does, however, complement the signal at the receiving antenna, as any other noise, as noise has a wide band and thus gets received by the radio tuned to almost any frequency in the wide range. Secondly, while talking about benefits of FM, it's important to talk about its major drawback, that prevents it from being used at critical settings: while an AM signal being dirsupted by a noise, static or other signal could still be perceived by our ears and brain in rather harsh conditions, the FM signal in the same situation will not even get into our ears at the first place. If two FM transmitters are tuned to the same frequency or their transmission bands intersect, their frequencies will get added or subtracted due to the interference effect, with arbitrary phase shifts, and the discriminator will not even detect a signal, just a noise in the best case. That's why FM is not used often in aviation, for instance or in any other situation when two sources may be unaware of each other and may want to transmit at the same time.

    • @ki4clz
      @ki4clz 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      To solve these problems, we use sideband... one, the bandwidth (what the officer refers to as deviation) of the signal is greatly decreased over FM and AM... two the Signal to Noise ratio is decreased... horray...! and three, with a "smaller" signal in use with Sideband we use less power... over simplified of course

    • @comment8767
      @comment8767 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@ki4clz You must mean that the S/N is increased.

    • @marcd1981
      @marcd1981 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Another issue with FM is that it is line-of-sight restricted when used for two-way communication radios. FM frequencies are in the VHF band range, which is limited by line-of-sight, and that is why for overseas / international travel, aircraft are equipped with HF radios to communicate with.

    • @DellAnderson
      @DellAnderson ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Not an engineer so what you say may be true, but remember the audience for this film was military recruits with very little knowledge about FM. Excessive detail almost always confuses and frustrates the beginner detracting from the learning experience.
      Heard it said once that good teachers always lie, because EVERYTHING you say can be untrue under some circumstances, and has exceptions, caveats, and edge cases which if discussed in a first lecture would hopelessly tangle the beginning student up in confusion so deep they would throw up their hands in despair. To speak clearly and simply, one must almost always oversimplify. Then once the mental 'hooks" are created on which to hand key information, you can hang additional facts or exceptions without confusing the student.
      Hopefully you are not an instructor that likes to bamboozle your students so you can impress them with your brilliance or the complication of the subject. I assume you are aware of this teaching technique and were simply adding to the discussion rather than critiquing the teaching film for starting with the basics.

    • @wtxrailfan
      @wtxrailfan ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hey, Sparky, it's a basic film to teach a basic concept to beginners; not to hash out every minute detail about the pros and cons of FM.

  • @doorvavaidya6961
    @doorvavaidya6961 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Better explained than my engineering professor. Thank you!

  • @SkyeMpuremagic
    @SkyeMpuremagic ปีที่แล้ว +10

    This is so fascinating to me I've watched it twice and plan to watch it again another day. I love the illustrations in it... Makes everything so clear to understand. I remember being a kid wondering how this worked.

  • @manhoot
    @manhoot 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    This certainly "tuned"me in to be what matters in life

    • @SoapinTrucker
      @SoapinTrucker 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      A tuning circuit is a whole different animal ;)

    • @manhoot
      @manhoot 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@SoapinTrucker I know you can tune a piano but you can't tuna fish

  • @nakayle
    @nakayle ปีที่แล้ว +10

    The sound track is amazingly quiet for a 80 year old film even when there are visible scratches in the picture. There must have been some fancy processing done.

  • @willthomsen7569
    @willthomsen7569 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    It’s so amazing we figured all this out. Imagine discovering something THAT big :O

  • @ZaphodHarkonnen
    @ZaphodHarkonnen 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Ohhhhhhh, that would explain why we moved most everything from AM to FM. I had always wondered why there was such a shift.

    • @jayrogers8255
      @jayrogers8255 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Except for aviation, in which you want to hear a weaker station if it’s in an emergency situation. Aviation is still A.M. to this day. Also, some hams use it, & C.B..

  • @josemiguelmunoz6985
    @josemiguelmunoz6985 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This is, by far, the best and the funniest explanation of FM I've ever seen.
    Thank you!

    • @dorol6375
      @dorol6375 ปีที่แล้ว

      This is the best??

    • @josemiguelmunoz6985
      @josemiguelmunoz6985 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@dorol6375 The best and simpliest I've ever seen.

  • @drtidrow
    @drtidrow ปีที่แล้ว +1

    3:32 Somebody goofed when they put this together - the _modulator_ is where the carrier and signals are mixed together, though often the amplifier and modulator functions were done by a single tube.

  • @Whowhatwherewhy
    @Whowhatwherewhy ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Excellent videos. So much tech came from military applications we still use today.

  • @iznasen
    @iznasen วันที่ผ่านมา

    What a manner of teaching

  • @lp-xl9ld
    @lp-xl9ld ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you, Edwin Howard Armstrong! (the guy who invented FM)

  • @debeerpaul
    @debeerpaul ปีที่แล้ว

    This is an 80 year old video/film. Simply amazing!

  • @Enigma758
    @Enigma758 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Just like that Steely Dan Song "FM, no static at all"

  • @nobodynowhere7163
    @nobodynowhere7163 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Amazingly simple explanation! These people were geniuses!

  • @Professor-Patti
    @Professor-Patti 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Wow! I know this is a War Dept. film, but I am still struck with surprise when I heard swearing from a 1940s film, regardless of military men. This is a great training film, however. It's not like the information has changed over the past 80 years.
    I ❤❤this channel, it's a new surprise every day.

  • @abdulhakimlukwago88
    @abdulhakimlukwago88 14 วันที่ผ่านมา

    So for the best I've watched for explaining FM. Thank you

  • @akashverma5756
    @akashverma5756 ปีที่แล้ว

    Without computer and graphics, They made excellent and comprehensive video explaining working radio.

  • @DursunX
    @DursunX ปีที่แล้ว

    i started my apprenticeship as a Radio Mechanic in 1994... that course shaped my path into an AV IT Electronic Technician.
    i wish we had access to material like this video as apposed to an old grumpy college teacher with a severe speech impediment.

  • @slainesmith
    @slainesmith ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Splendid. Keep them coming. Looking forward to some 60's technical films.

  • @jharris0341
    @jharris0341 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I could watch these all day.

  • @stevesilsby5288
    @stevesilsby5288 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    As my ham radio Elmer told me, "The difference between AM and FM modulation is 90 degrees."

  • @tylerarrigoni7700
    @tylerarrigoni7700 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video....these old videos are so clear and well done.

  • @HistoryandFacts
    @HistoryandFacts ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Very informative

  • @user-rq9po2zv4k
    @user-rq9po2zv4k ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Це дуже важливо знати, дякую вам за працю

  • @ronaldjorgensen6839
    @ronaldjorgensen6839 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    thank you been waiting for more fm history

  • @bringer-of-change
    @bringer-of-change ปีที่แล้ว

    This was an outstanding presentation.

  • @flyingfortressrc1794
    @flyingfortressrc1794 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Wow that's some great information.
    Thanks for posting.

    • @PeriscopeFilm
      @PeriscopeFilm  2 ปีที่แล้ว

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  • @anands6127
    @anands6127 ปีที่แล้ว

    Didn't not searched for it but was Worth watching it.Never thought science behind FM may be so interesting.

  • @mahyar305
    @mahyar305 ปีที่แล้ว

    Incredible presentation for its time.

  • @balnc
    @balnc ปีที่แล้ว

    Finally, now I understand audio a lil better

  • @ianashmore9910
    @ianashmore9910 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Many thanks to Headly Lamar.

  • @boeingpameesha9550
    @boeingpameesha9550 ปีที่แล้ว

    Sincere thanks for sharing!

  • @captainkeyboard1007
    @captainkeyboard1007 2 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    The United States War Department delivered a science class lesson that would likely be taught in college.

    • @ckkmanltj
      @ckkmanltj ปีที่แล้ว +6

      My telecom and electronic training in the Air Force taught me a lot of the stuff and I still have a job almost 40 years later in the same industry. I do a lot more software than electronic nowadays though.

    • @alexyo2440
      @alexyo2440 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      When times are tough, the bankers need safety so they pay for quality war videos

    • @captainkeyboard1007
      @captainkeyboard1007 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@ckkmanltj Thank you for tapping or typing to me.

    • @captainkeyboard1007
      @captainkeyboard1007 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@alexyo2440 I thank you for tapping or typing to me.

    • @captainkeyboard1007
      @captainkeyboard1007 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@alexyo2440 Thank you for tapping or typing to me.

  • @gcr1
    @gcr1 ปีที่แล้ว

    Ron Hinze. Call sign. KBOWAR. My late Stepfather. Was contracted to work at Area 51 back in the day. He would not talk about it at ALL!! R.I.P.

  • @tareksma1
    @tareksma1 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks. I realy understood it now. Thanks for sharing

  • @komalvenkatesh4527
    @komalvenkatesh4527 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    It's old life changing educational content like this that makes you really doubt the current quality of school/univeristy education. Time and again, I always resort to these videos for clarity.

  • @vivek-1318
    @vivek-1318 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wonderfully explained

  • @mrshodz
    @mrshodz ปีที่แล้ว

    Great explanation.

  • @plasticinthetree4261
    @plasticinthetree4261 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hey! It's our guy. Kent Smith! Peter Keating from the movie The Fountainhead. Awesome.

  • @fearlessjoebanzai
    @fearlessjoebanzai ปีที่แล้ว

    This channel is fantastic!

  • @ChristCenteredMinist
    @ChristCenteredMinist ปีที่แล้ว +3

    In the AM diagram, Amp and Mod boxes are switched.

    • @deniskhakimov
      @deniskhakimov ปีที่แล้ว +1

      After watching this fragment, I immediately went to the comments section to see how many users noticed it 🙃

  • @alimukhtar4759
    @alimukhtar4759 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Very well explained❤

  • @dell177
    @dell177 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I watched this film when i was goint to school at t Monmouth back in '67.

  • @tony2wheelz408
    @tony2wheelz408 ปีที่แล้ว

    My gosh that's a well done video

  • @echopathy
    @echopathy ปีที่แล้ว

    I love this channel!

  • @majoroz4876
    @majoroz4876 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Went through AF electronics school in '58.
    Standard text was AFM 101-8.
    We also had a BUNCH of these old movies.
    Wound up teaching it........then got a BSEE......taught more.....MS......then transistors, IC's, chips.......PhD in education.....ran the department..........
    And retired.
    Ah........history,.

  • @PfjAzSDRHBeternSFsCPjUrkzKWWSb
    @PfjAzSDRHBeternSFsCPjUrkzKWWSb ปีที่แล้ว

    I cant give a like or don't see . !!
    Whatever who you are ..
    What you think doing
    You just give me best and special lesson more than ideas...
    ❤🎉
    Bless bless

  • @frankbaron1608
    @frankbaron1608 ปีที่แล้ว

    these are really good.

  • @joselino4813
    @joselino4813 ปีที่แล้ว

    Excelente esse vídeo, é triste só velo 50 anos depois.

  • @SquallSf
    @SquallSf ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Thank you for preserving this and sharing it with us - people not being born at that time or lived in that place.
    I'm astonished by the quality of the video, especially the animations illustrating the point. How were these animations done in 1944?

    • @SavageOne420
      @SavageOne420 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Animations were done one frame at a time and overlayed on the film

    • @SquallSf
      @SquallSf ปีที่แล้ว

      @@SavageOne420 That is a lot of work! Even more respect for creators of the video!

  • @alanroche3872
    @alanroche3872 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Whoa! The guy from the Time Tunnel! 😱

  • @TheDutchGuyOnYT
    @TheDutchGuyOnYT 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Now I understand it more clearly

  • @stafomosakez
    @stafomosakez 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Neat, thank you

  • @metalbill
    @metalbill 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Nowadays, Commercial FM radio is full of more noise than ever!!

    • @silverhammer7779
      @silverhammer7779 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Most of that noise is the programming, not atmospherics 😉

    • @rawcado
      @rawcado ปีที่แล้ว

      These days only old farts say Now-A-days 😆

  • @kamleshchavan7451
    @kamleshchavan7451 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Awesome video ,explanation is awesome , Do you have More video's on RF CIRCUITRY . Remote Control circuit's etc

  • @KeritechElectronics
    @KeritechElectronics 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Ha. Found a WTF moment around 2:45: when explaining the AM principle of operation, they confused the AF amplifier with the modulator.

    • @jesseharriott4253
      @jesseharriott4253 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      that guy made me laugh with the static joke, and then i couldnt help thinking a dead guy made me laugh.

    • @joshuablanton3016
      @joshuablanton3016 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I don't think so - I believe that the terminology used is correct. The "modulator" modulates the plate voltage of the amplifier (at audio frequency), which produces the AM signal. The amplifier is actually unchanged (design-wise) from a fixed-gain amplifier - if you vary its input power supply voltage, you vary its output gain.

    • @kenmore01
      @kenmore01 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@joshuablanton3016 No, he is correct. They confused the two. The "amplifier" amplifies the audio signal and the "modulator" modulates the radio wave.

    • @ScottGrammer
      @ScottGrammer 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I saw that. I think it's just a jargon issue. In a classic AM transmitter, the audio from an audio power amp is passed through a transformer whose secondary is in series with the power supply of an RF amplifier. This modulates the power supply voltage of the RF amp and this varies its output in step with the audio.

    • @quantisedspace7047
      @quantisedspace7047 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That's what I thought. The modulating signal goes into the modulator, which then 'modulates' the amp's output, according to the diagram. This means that the modulator doesn't really do much, and the amplifier has a sort of volume control, driven by the modulating signal.
      Nowadays, we consider a modulator to take two signals and produce an output that is a math function of the two.
      This film is obviously using the word as meaning something that takes a signal input and converts it into a form suitable for modulating.
      Yes, it's clumsy, but I can see how terminology could have changed over the years.

  • @kongol5036
    @kongol5036 ปีที่แล้ว

    Why are these old videos so much better at teaching and explaining than the new shit we have in schools

  • @felicciasc
    @felicciasc ปีที่แล้ว

    And 78 Years later, the FCC approves FM for CB Radio....
    40kHz is some good bandwidth there! Those must have sounded great.

  • @TheTarrMan
    @TheTarrMan ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you.

  • @negry_
    @negry_ ปีที่แล้ว +1

    this is better than my university...

  • @gneuhaus8047
    @gneuhaus8047 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Basic electronics lessons 1972 Fort Bliss, Texas.

  • @pew8208
    @pew8208 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    i love when its explained very well by a man..

  • @etanneriii
    @etanneriii ปีที่แล้ว

    amazing.

  • @DK640OBrianYT
    @DK640OBrianYT 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    First, this is so perfectly explained, that even my dear old Grandmother could understand it.
    Secondly, it's also easy to understand why hash is called hash. It hashes up the mind and personality, which is absolutely correct.
    Excellent educational piece of filmstrip. Highly appreciated.

  • @TrillgataQ
    @TrillgataQ ปีที่แล้ว

    Fascinating

  • @DarkMeta_Minecraft
    @DarkMeta_Minecraft ปีที่แล้ว +1

    oh damn, they were designing dubstep sounds way back then?! wow

  • @Jeremy.Bearemy
    @Jeremy.Bearemy ปีที่แล้ว

    0:57
    I miss the days when "Are you silly?" were serious fighting words

  • @aikijb
    @aikijb ปีที่แล้ว

    Obrigado! Thx.

  • @kevinmassey1164
    @kevinmassey1164 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The fact I’m watching this on my super computer phone doesn’t escape me

  • @sandplt
    @sandplt ปีที่แล้ว +3

    We are going away from basic science, we only see applications, this video is so wonderful because he explains basic principles here, so nice, pleasant