Thread: wavelength of radio

Find the wavelength for a typical AM radio with a frequency of 900 kHz?


Find the wavelength for a typical FM radio with a frequency of 99.6 MHz

Originally Posted by lovinhockey26

Find the wavelength for a typical AM radio with a frequency of 900 kHz?


Find the wavelength for a typical FM radio with a frequency of 99.6 MHz

I'll use the value of the light speed in vacuum which I have at hand (this value is from 1972 so it may differ a little bit today):

Let f denote the frequency and l the wavelength then you know that



Plug in the values you already know:



. Solve for l.

(For confrmation only: 333.103 m; 3.01 m)