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We all check how many bars we have on our smartphones and assume it’s an accurate guide to how strong our signal is. But what do those bars really represent? “There’s no standard. They do indicate ...

One in a series of short audio tips that have appeared in the Alabama Broadcasters Association “Monday Morning Coffee and Technical Notes” e-newsletter. It’s easy to understand a correlation of the ...

When analyzing transistors, there is a finite allowable signal level that provides accurate results, which is due to a phenomenon related to the large signal effects of semiconductor junctions. When ...

The author is technical publications manager and a senior technical writer at Audio Precision in Beaverton, Ore. When reduced to its basics, the process of audio test and measurement is concerned with ...

FORT SHAFTER, Hawaii (Aug. 15, 2012) -- Red and white flags flapped in the wind as they moved decisively in the semaphore bearer's hands, breaking the silence of a troop-filled Palm Circle, Aug. 15.

“More bars in more places,” reads the latest slogan from one of the largest mobile carriers in the US. It’s plastered everywhere, from print ads to billboards to TV commercials. At least here in the ...