[ARC5] Pre-WW2 technology

[Mike Hanz]

On 11/7/2011 7:10 PM, James Cole wrote:
> I am curious about something I recently read: that the ARC-5 (and immediate
> predecessor) was designed in 1938 -  that the basic design of the ARC-5
> series was designed well before WW2. What surprises me is that I was under
> the impression that in the late 30's superhets were either rare or unknown
> (?) and the concept of "miniaturization" i.e., compact design, was
> unheard-of. How was it that the ARC-5 (ARA) emerged from this? Was it some
> particular engineer? In my view the ARC-5 receivers are models of
> ingenuity, and yet they seem to have evolved from...where?

Oh my...now you've done it...you've released the Tauson monster.  My 
download bandwidth was bad enough as it wuz... :-)