Radio
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Radio is the transmission of information and reception of information using electromagnetic waves. Some devices used for radio communications are also know simply as a radio.
The term radio is also sometimes used in referenced to more advanced communications technologies, the word having become synomonous with near instantaneous audio communications. (TOS comic: "Captain's Pleasure")
In 2267, the USS Enterprise received a radio distress signal from the third planet of the Beta Mariotia system. (TOS comic: "No Compromise Part One")
In 2268, Spock hailed the Enterprise from a radio station on Sigma Iotia II. Uhura was able to reply to the unusual frequency, as both the science officer and Doctor McCoy had their communicators confiscated. (TOS episode: "A Piece of the Action")
Again, in 2268, Isak mistakenly thinks Kirk and Spock attempt to build one, while imprisoned on Ekos. The three manage to escape, using rubindium transponders with the lights in their cell. (TOS episode: "Patterns of Force")
V'Ger attempted to contact its Creator on Earth by using the old-style, binary carrier wave, called radio. (TOS movie: Star Trek: The Motion Picture)
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- Radio article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
- Radio article at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
