1.

Transmission Equipment
Name of the equipment

Brief function
Takes your broadcast message from your studio room, encodes

Transmitter

it as sine waves and transmits it as radio waves.

The receiver receives the broadcast message and decodes the

Receiver

radio sine waves (simply put, a radio set).

For sending radio signals. Required one each for transmission

Antenna

and receiving of radio waves.

Used to transfer radio signals from one location to another. (say

Transmission lines

from the studio to the location of transmitter)

Used to improve and optimize the quality of sound to be
broadcast. These days this function is undertaken by

Audio Processor

inexpensive software programs.

Connectors

For connecting various equipments to each other.

Interface panel is used to input broadcast data into transmitter
(Basically an interface between studio and transmission site).
Remote control is required to be able to feed those data from far

Interface panel remote control

off (say from your studio)

For connecting equipments located at a distance from each

Cable

other.
For holding all equipments in a stable, secure and logical

Equipment Rack

manner.
To supply power and protect the equipments from unwanted

Power Protection equipments

power fluctuations.

UPS

For uninterrupted power supply.

2. Production & Studio Equipment

Name of the equipment

Brief function

Microphone.

For converting the sound waves into electrical energy.

Silent Microphone boom

arms.

For holding and moving the microphone across.

CD players

Playing the music

Mixer

Allows the jockey to control various aspects of radio broadcast

Amplifiers

Low power signals to high power signals

Monitor Speakers.

To monitor the quality of broadcast

Speaker Mounts

To hold speakers

Computer automation

They are used for wide variety of purposes and have replaced several

software.

functions previously managed by costly equipments

Rack Mount

Holds all the equipments

To supply power and protect the equipments from unwanted power

Power Protection Units

fluctuations.