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Radio Waves & Electromagnetic Fields

Broadcast radio waves from KPhET. Wiggle the transmitter electron manually or have it oscillate automatically. Display the field as a curve or vectors. The strip chart shows the electron positions at the transmitter and at the receiver.

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  • Radio waves

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Radio Waves & Electromagnetic Fields Simulation Homework Designed by PhET IconK. PerkinsHS
UG-Intro		HW7/08

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Microsoft Windows XP/Vista/7
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Apple Java 1.5.0_19 or later
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Credits

Design Team Third-party Libraries Thanks To
  • Wendy Adams
  • Michael Dubson
  • Ron LeMaster (developer)
  • Kathy Perkins
  • Carl Wieman
  • Interviewer: Wendy Adams
  • Interviewer: Noah Podolefsky
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