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Tag Archives: Superheterodyne
Tuning, Muting, and Things that Go Chuff in the Night
Terminology one sees online isn’t always precise, and many people equate muting, soft muting and chuffing. I tend to get sloppy too. For the purpose of this article, here are the terms as I’m using them: Whenever someone asks a … Continue reading
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Tagged DSP radios, Phase Locked Loop, PLL, SDR, Soft Muting, Superheterodyne, Tuning Muting
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Radio Ghosts and Other Things that Go Beep in the Night
Images My first shortwave radio was a Nanaola 10NT504, a receiver that uses superheterodyne technology. In that mode, a radio is tuned by mixing the incoming radio signal with a locally generated variable frequency carrier signal (from a variable frequency … Continue reading
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Tagged Aliases, Eton Elite Executive, Images, SDR, Superheterodyne, Tecsun PL-330, VFO, XHDATA D-109, XHDATA D-808
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First Impressions: Kaito KA1101
My new old stock KA1101 has arrived from eBay seller detroitmetromart, and I was excited to get into the box. Unboxing Despite the radio being 20 years old, it really was new old stock and looked like it had just … Continue reading
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Tagged First impressions, Kaito KA1100, PLL, Superheterodyne, Unboxing
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Tecsun DR-920C Review
I’ve had a DR-920 for years, but the internal string connecting the tuning knob to the variable capacitor went off track in a way I couldn’t repair, so I replaced it with a DR-920C. It cost $25.99 from Amazon, but … Continue reading
Posted in Product Reviews, Radio
Tagged DR-920, DR-920C, shortwave radio, Superheterodyne, Tecsun
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