How are radio waves created when we send information with things like computers? Is it similar to how larger radio waves from radio towers are made?

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How are radio waves created when we send information with things like computers? Is it similar to how larger radio waves from radio towers are made?

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Yep. Just on a lot smaller scale.

You take electrons, wiggle them about a bit, and you get radio waves. Those radio waves then travel to your receiver where you have a bunch of electrons, which are wiggled around a bit by the waves, and you detect that wiggling.