How to Use radio spectrum in a Sentence

radio spectrum

noun
  • The sky is big, there are a lot of stars out there, and the radio spectrum is really wide, too.
    — Phil Plait, Discover Magazine, 6 Jan. 2012
  • Small firms get discounts when buying rights to use the radio spectrum and pay lower patent fees.
    — Robert D. Atkinson, WSJ, 6 Apr. 2018
  • So astronomers have spent decades scanning narrow slices of the radio spectrum, hoping to catch a weak signal buried in cosmic noise.
    — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 3 May 2026
  • So yet again, a podcast called Radio Spectrum is going to talk about the radio spectrum.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 27 Apr. 2021
  • Today, demand is soaring for the finite resource of radio spectrum.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 28 May 2019
  • Radio engineers break the radio spectrum range into low, middle and high bands, each with its strengths and weaknesses.
    — Forbes, 20 Apr. 2021
  • Astronomers have never observed in this part of the radio spectrum before, and researchers are eager to be the first to see what’s hiding there.
    — Eric Betz, Discover Magazine, 15 May 2021
  • The goal would be to support creative and cooperative uses of the radio spectrum.
    — Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 3 Mar. 2023
  • The venture will also pool the carriers’ valuable radio spectrum for satellite-to-phone services.
    — Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 15 May 2026
  • Battling for Bandwidth Not all radio spectrum is created equal.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 27 May 2022
  • SpaceX is looking to increase Starlink upload speeds by tapping more radio spectrum.
    — Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 24 Mar. 2026
  • The companies compete for customers over their own network of cell towers, using radio spectrum that is licensed from the government.
    — Nick Perry, The Seattle Times, 28 Nov. 2018
  • The faster wireless standard uses different chunks of the radio spectrum—but the technology remains nascent.
    — Will Knight, Wired, 14 Oct. 2020
  • The new high-speed wireless service uses a segment of the radio spectrum that is close to that used by altimeters, which are devices that measure the height of aircraft above the ground.
    — David Koenig, ajc, 19 Jan. 2022
  • The devices operate on a portion of the radio spectrum that is close to the range used by the new 5G service, called C-Band.
    — David Koenig, USA TODAY, 16 Jan. 2022
  • This segment of the radio spectrum, which is used by satellites in orbit, is finite, and operators must transmit their signals on different bands of it.
    — Jean-François Morizur, Fortune Europe, 8 Mar. 2024
  • Kimmel pointed out that broadcast TV isn't the only content distributed over networks that use radio spectrum.
    — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 24 Sep. 2025
  • The report, issued in March 2010, focused on opening up dormant radio spectrum for new uses.
    — Thomas W. Hazlett, WSJ, 1 Oct. 2017
  • This can make our field ring like a bell, shaking the particles trapped within, and generating electromagnetic noise and signals across the radio spectrum.
    — Phil Plait, Discover Magazine, 7 Dec. 2011
  • The other enormous difference from earlier cellular standards is the number of frequencies in the radio spectrum that need to be managed.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 27 Apr. 2021
  • Both sides are waging a regulatory battle for rights to 12GHz radio spectrum.
    — Michael Kan, PCMAG, 8 July 2022
  • That means scientists need to listen to frequencies well below 50 megahertz—parts of the radio spectrum that are largely blocked by Earth’s ionosphere.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 20 Jan. 2026
  • The airports represent a compromise in the ongoing struggle over radio spectrum turf between the aviation industry and cell providers.
    — Dallas News, 10 Jan. 2022
  • But elsewhere, the company has struck partnerships with local carriers, with the aim of using their licensed radio spectrum to send the internet data to customers' phones.
    — Michael Kan, PCMAG, 11 Apr. 2024
  • The Wi-Fi signals merely prevent the radio telescope from taking observations from a specific part of the radio spectrum—but not the whole thing.
    — Michael Kan, PCMAG, 12 Nov. 2024
  • Gifford says another possibility is that SpaceX was just taking advantage of a quiet part of the radio spectrum.
    — Geoff Brumfiel, NPR, 17 Oct. 2025
  • But they’ve usually been designed to transmit data over a swath of radio spectrum in the Ka and E bands, according to past SpaceX filings.
    — Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 23 Apr. 2026
  • The new high-speed wireless service uses a segment of the radio spectrum, C-Band, that is close to that used by altimeters, which are devices that measure the height of aircraft above the ground.
    — David Koenig, Anchorage Daily News, 18 Jan. 2022
  • Moreover, Taara terminals can be strapped to poles, trees, or buildings in hours rather than being blasted into space on rockets, and there are no politicized auctions of radio spectrum to navigate.
    — Michael Teo Van Runkle, Ars Technica, 17 Mar. 2025
  • Getting customers off 3G allows carriers to free up wireless frequencies for 4G signals over broader swaths of the radio spectrum.
    — Drew Fitzgerald, WSJ, 21 Feb. 2019

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