[ARC5] How Edwin Armstrong invented the superhet

[Tom Lee]

I agree with Hue. The superhet is certainly easier to *operate *(once 
aligned), but I don't know how one could call it easier to /build/ than, 
say, a regen. Morgan's The Boys' First Book of Radio famously has a 
regen project, not a superhet, for good reasons.

-- Cheers
Tom


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On 1/7/2023 13:55, Hubert Miller wrote:
> I saw a comment that the superhet was easier to build. Wrong. That's 
> why so many manufacturers in the late 1920s to late 1930s aiming for 
> the "more affordable" market offered TRF and regenerative radios. That 
> "Clipper" radio offered in the today auction that was mentioned here, 
> is a mid 1930s glorified regen built big with lots of knobs, but at a 
> fraction of the price of a National or Hammarlund superhet. No 
> tracking, virtually no alignment, minimal engineering and construction 
> expense.
> Hue Miller
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