Thread: If Superheterodyne, why not Subheterodyne?
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Old April 20th 09, 06:01 PM posted to sci.electronics.design,rec.radio.amateur.homebrew
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Default If Superheterodyne, why not Subheterodyne?
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Tim Shoppa wrote:

A terminology question I suppose about the derivation of the term
"Superheterodyne" more than anything else:

Does the "Super" actually mean anything?

My recollection is that Armstrong used the term "supersonic heterodyne"
to note the fact that the beat frequency between the signal and LO
was "supersonic."

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Bert Hyman St. Paul, MN
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