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The Secret Life of the Car

The Secret Life of the Internal Combustion Engine

The Secret Life of the Quartz Watch

The Secret Life of the Telephone

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The Secret Life of the Radio Set

The Secret Life of the Video Recorder

The Secret Life of Machines

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198830m8.1

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The Secret Life of the Radio Set

Season 2 · Episode 5 · Jan 5, 1991

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.

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The Secret Life of Machines

TV Series

198830m8.1

Documentary

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The Secret Life of the Radio Set

Season 2 · Episode 5 · Jan 5, 1991

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