What is a Portable Radio?
Once the radio was invented, it didn’t take very long for the portable radio to follow since it takes relatively few materials to build one that works. A portable radio is any device that is designed to receive, decode and sometimes transmit radio signals, which also happens to be portable and easy for one person to transport from one place to another. There are many different types of portable radios that each have different features and functions. The most common type of portable radio is the is designed simply to receive and amplify AM and FM signals for radio stations, and there are many different varieties of stations to listen to. Many different sizes and styles of this basic type of radio exist, which range from tiny personal stereos that use headphones up to large radios, such as the boombox, which can carry many more features and be used to play radio stations for a larger group of people. The use of these portable devices to solely receive radio stations declined with the inv