Radio Waves
November 12, 2025 • EPISODE 286
How do invisible waves travel across the world and beyond? In this episode of Science LIVE, Dr. Roger Billings dives into the fascinating science of radio waves—how they’re created, how they move through space, and how they make long-distance communication possible. From the basics of frequency and transmission to early breakthroughs like Morse code and modern applications such as HAM radio and space communication, join us as we explore the hidden currents that keep us connected.
About DrB
Dr. Roger Billings is a visionary innovator whose work has touched the lives of millions of students and transformed the landscape of education. Widely known as “DrB” to the countless kids who benefit from his groundbreaking Acellus learning system, Dr. Billings has dedicated his life to advancing education through technology.
As part of DrB’s lifelong commitment to supporting education, Science LIVE was launched as a way to “give back” by mentoring students in conjunction with the Roger Billings Scholarship Program.
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I would love those courses!
I think a course in HAM radio would be great! I also think a pilot course would be great!
I want to become a pilot that would be cool to learn about
Yes! I’d absolutely love a HAM radio course!
I think it would be great to learn more about that radio. A pilot class would be fun too.
Can you please have that course
I love Dr.B’s funny stories!
I am interested in a ham radio class please. I would LOVE to have a course on how to be a pilot too
The HAMM Radio class sounds educational! I would do it.
do ham radio course
I love Roger billings
I love the idea of a ham radio course.
I would definitely love a class for Morse code
Yes me to I would definitely love a class for Morse code!!!
I’m interested in a ham radio class !
Wow … didn’t know difference between FM & AM radio, but notice the difference in sound quality 🤗
I think that would be a class I would totally take. My dad is into IT and I would love to get to know more!
I think it would be so much funnnnnn!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I think that would be fabulous!!
YES to Hand Radio as an Acellus course
We should do that and it is a great idea.
I love science!!! Its so fun!!! <3
I think that would be great to have a ham radio class
I’d be interested in the ham radio class!
please make a ham radio class!
YES ham radio courses sound awesome
I think that would be great!
I think that having a course in HAM radio
We could have a new STEM course on types of radios and how to operate them.
I want hand radio, please!!!!
That would be AWESOME!!!
Yes, it would be cool to have a Hamm radio course!
I think Roger Billings has a very good radio voice.
We’ve been trying to see the aurora in Virginia (Usa) but we haven’t been able to yet
I think it would be cool to have a ham radio course
How old were you in the photo that your mom took when you were on the radio tower?
I had no idea that a simple wrist watch could play such a crucial role in space missions!
A ham radio course sounds fun
Yes! Course on Ham radio
The northern lights are beautiful I always look forward to looking at them.
HAM radio courses would be SOOOOO FUN!! And so would morse code classes
I love the Northern lights, they are so pretty. They remind how beautiful the world can be .
We were able to see the Northern Lights, here in Maryland also.
That tower is big! I wouldn’t be climbing up it!
Courses in HAM radio would be very neat.
I would love to take a course on how to use a ham radio.
It would be cool to use a radio to talk to people all around the world.
YES I NEED A RADIO COURSE PLEASEEEEEEEE!!!!!
I’d totally take a morse code class if we had the option!
last night it was too cloudy to see the northern lights, so sad 😔
We are going out to capture some pictures of the Northern Lights in Nebraska after ScienceLive tonight.
I like watching DrB every week and learning new and interesting things!
If there is a morse code class, it should be called the Kickle Pickle class
I saw the northern light to
The Northern lights are amazing
I love Science Live! I want to learn Morse Code.
That’s a fly outfit Dr. Billings.
I saw the northern light last night too here in ohio!
that was so funny how your neighbors thought that you put your radio transmitter on their stove!! that was so cool how you invented that! that would be pretty interesting if acellus starts a class teaching morse code.
We saw the northern lights here in Nebraska!
The Northern lights are so cool!
I saw it too from Alaska
What were you thinking when you saw the northern lights?
I love these classes thanks so much
That image of you on top of your house is so hilarious! But it’s actually inspiring how much you’ve accomplished, at a young age too!
Is ham radio AM or FM.
I have a question not related to radio. Did you have strong auroras there last night?
Holy cow, Rogger billings is handsome!
Don’t you need licenses to transmit on HAM radios and stuff?
MORSE CODE COURSE? YES!!!!!!!!!! Roger Billings should teach it!!!!!!
Morse code and ham radio classes would be sooooooooooooooooooooo fun!!!!
Morse code is awesome. I think it would be fun to learn it.
Science live has always sparked my interest to learn and look into new things and now I feel like I want to learn morse code!
Can we have a class on Morse code
I like seeing all of your adventures.
How do you become a radio operator????
Roger billings should make a morse code class and a Kickle Pickle radio station just for his stories for when he was young
I would be interested in Morse Code classes, and things like that.
Hello from Butte MT! The Aurora was so pretty! 💙
very cool and i love you roger billings!!!!
Hi from West Virginia, I love Mr. Tobias’s part on how time played a key factor with getting to the moon.
How many Snoopy awards have been handed out?
also im scared of heights so i would not be climbing that tower
Dr. Billings was pulling some crazy stunts back then!
can they teach Morse code in Acellus? as a course?
I love Science Live! It’s so fun and entertaining to watch it every wednesday!
Hello from Bangkok Thailand! Dr. Billings always has interesting stories from his past, they’re so fun to listen to!
Hello! from Dominican Republic! I love the lives! I always learn something new each day! Morse code is really interesting.
Love science love from Texas !!
LOVE FROM GEORGIA (USA)
I think the would be great to learn more about ham radio!!!!
That is high up there, where you worried about falling from that tower?
Morse code class 100%
i like r 51
I liked the part where he was talking about the difference in the wavelength and the frequencys and how far you can go with each frequency
*I thought the segment about the watch in the Apollo missions was very interesting! Thank you for sharing that. I wish there were pictures to demonstrate the radio waves he’s talking about. I might do some research and find some.
Science is so interesting to me! Love these lives.
Hi from Georgia! i cant belive how much mr B. has done in his life so far
Woah! My dad is a lineman and does similar stuff every day
Mr. Roger Billings, Thank you for doing a science live ever Wednesday, I get to learn something new every week. Its awesome I get to learn these things in the middle of the week, so then I can reflect on them through the rest of the week and weekend!
The aurora was so pretty!😍
I wish I got to see them.
They’ll be out again tonight and Thursday.
Did you have to work ALL summer to get the radio?
Waiting to see the northern lights in Texas – 2025 is a weird year!
That is a big tower
Hi I am from Minnesota I look forward to the science live every week
Are we gonna see r-51?
I love radios. There is so much that I have learned from Dr. Roger Billings about radio, I think that they are very intresting and you can learn more and more abought them
I love Learning about Morse code!
Good inventors take risks!
Ham Radios are cool and reliable radios.
How long has Roger Billings worked as an operator at HAMM Radio?
i ❤️science live
The lives are always fun to watch there’s always something new and interesting to learn.😄
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i want to be a cop when i grow up
Hi from Louisiana! We watched a movie about a Ham radio, it was neat!
It’s interesting to think about how radio was humanity’s first experiment in transmitting consciousness across space, turning thought into frequency. In a way, every broadcast is a kind of signal prayer: an unseen vibration carrying meaning into the void, hoping someone’s tuned in to receive it.
I love learning about Morse code!
I love learning with Acellus.
morse code is a very interesting concept
I got addicted to this live science class.
Always good to listen to Dr. Billings
my dad was always very interested in morse code, so this was interesting
She looks beautiful in that color!
love science live in TEXAS
I really want to start learning how to do Morse code
Mr. billings how old were you when you learned morse code?
morse code is so cool to listen to
Love science live!
I love Acellus! From Illinois
I learn something new every Wednesday 🙂
I love Science Live!
It is just amazing how Dr Roger Billings made this online school, so that any kid like me, can come here and just learn from right here.
Science Live is the best!
My Grandpa used to talk on Ham radio.
How many different kinds of antenna (don’t know if I spelled that right) have been invented?
Morse code would be fun to learn.
I always wondered how to send morse code.
WOW! Morse code is very interesting!
Morse code has got to be my favorite language; can be useful for specific situations or talking secretly– (Which is kind of the main purpose) Nice video!
Morse code is such a fascinating concept! I’d like to learn it someday!
Morse code is so interesting! I LOVE science live.
Dr. Billings, is getting into radio costly, including the equipment and licensure? Would you say it’s a worthy investment?
My dad has a ham radio, I think its cool that he can talk to people all across the world. I remember this one time when he was talking to somebody in eastern Russia! 😀
I actually learned a little bit of Morse code! But I was wondering if you could sign numbers or things like an equal sign
How do these great men help us to learn science. There is one man who can help us everyone give it up to Dr. Roger Billings.
I’ve always wondered why AM radio is so full of static compared to FM
Sometimes I wonder what it would be like to host a radio show.
Hello from connecticut!! so excited and blessed to be watching.
I would love to learn to use a ham radio
Roger Billings is so fun to listen too!
I always learn something I never knew watching science live.
So in my parents BMW there is a FM and AM station where I listen to music. I always pick FM. THat is so cool I didn’t know that how it worked.
morse code is cool to use
This is cool to learn about
Morse code is really interesting!!
I would love to learn morse code.
dr. billings is the best and he helps me learn so much stuff
Love Acellus! Love every thing you gus aere doing! thank you mister Billings!!!
Hello. This is Kickle Pickles from your radio. Good night
My grandpa did Morse code in the Air Force.
Oh that’s really cool
My grandfather was into the amateur/ham radios. He had a large antenna that i remember very well. He is gone now, but i always found the huge antenna fascinating because it was so large. It’s amazing people still use ham radios.
My grandpa worked in the Air Force too! He may not know Morse code but my great-grandpa did.
Hey I love the lives! I always learn something new each day!
I made a FM radio once
people tend to say morse code is hard but it seems like a fun thing to learn if you truly find interest in it.
I always wondered what AM and FM stood for. Thank you for explaining!
Hi Dr. Billings and the Acellus team from Guam!
Morse is a amazing to learn!
How did you learn Morse code.
I always wondered how to use Morse code it sounds really interesting
What keeps the frequencys from disrupting each other?
Have you ever considered making a Morse Code activities drill?
Hello from Arkansas! Watching the science LIVE are my favorite part of the school week!
Morse Code is super cool! Dr. Billings’ little tricks to remember the letters were super funny! XD
How hard is it to learn and use Morse Code? how long would it take to learn?
Accellus Academy is the best!!!! How would you learn how interpret Morse code?
What are the requirements for being a Ham Radio operator?
What is the difference between AM and FM radio?
I always wanted to learn to use Morse code!
Very happy to be able to hear Dr. Billings stories every week!
How can we see or feel a radio waves.
I love science live! I’m a HUGE science fan!