How come we can hear FM longer in a tunnel than AM?

為什么在隧道中調(diào)頻廣播比調(diào)幅廣播的信號(hào)要好一點(diǎn)?

It's because FM stations transmit at higher frequencies. They generally go from eighty-eight to one-hundred-and-eight megahertz. That's over a hundred million cycles per second.

這是因?yàn)檎{(diào)頻廣播臺(tái)的傳播頻率要頻繁些。通常在88到108兆赫。即每秒轉(zhuǎn)1億圈。

As a result, a single radio wave from an FM station is only a few meters long, about the size of a car. An AM station is putting out radio waves that are hundreds of times as long!

因此，調(diào)頻廣播電臺(tái)發(fā)出的一個(gè)電波的長(zhǎng)度只有幾米，大概是一輛車的大小。而調(diào)幅廣播站發(fā)出的電波長(zhǎng)達(dá)幾百米。

Long wavelengths tend to be absorbed or blocked as they try to enter the smaller tunnel. The higher-energy and shorter-wavelength waves from an FM station aren't absorbed or blocked as much. Instead, they tend to bounce around and get reflected off of surfaces, much like the inside of a tunnel.

在穿越隧道時(shí)，長(zhǎng)的波長(zhǎng)會(huì)被吞并阻礙。而來自調(diào)頻廣播高能量，波長(zhǎng)又短的電波則不會(huì)被吞并或阻礙。相反的，它們會(huì)被隧道表面反射回來。

Of course, they only bounce so far. If the tunnel is long enough, even FM stations fade out until you come out the other end.

當(dāng)然，它們只會(huì)在某個(gè)區(qū)域內(nèi)反彈。如果隧道太長(zhǎng)的話，即使是調(diào)頻廣播也會(huì)逐漸變?nèi)踔钡今偝鏊淼馈?/p>