Communications: The world versus RCA: Circumventing the superhet: Because a clearly superior tuning circuit was denied them by a patent award, manufacturers developed both clumsy and elegant alternatives

For about six years during the Roaring Twenties, fledgling radio manufacturers engaged in a desperate competition for customer acceptance. The manufacturer that made it easy for listeners to tune in with a single dial could offer a far more attractive product than one that required manipulation of t...

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Published in:IEEE spectrum 1983-02, Vol.20 (2), p.67-71
Main Author: Harrison, Arthur P.
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Couplings
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Radio frequency
Receivers
Tuning
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Receivers
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