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.

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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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