Definition of superhet in English:
superhet
noun ˈsuːpəhɛtˈso͞opərˌhet
informal short for superheterodyne
Example sentencesExamples
- There were four superhets and three cheaper T.R.F. receivers.
- Previously, I had built the Lindsay superhet, which was a tremendous learning experience.
- As part of the marketing effort they issued a circuit for a 2 waveband superhet using 6K8,6K7,6Q7 and a 6V6 valve with the HT derived from a metal rectifier.
- All simple direct conversion receiver designs suffer from degraded selectivity performance and are more subject to overload by contrasted to even modest superhet designs.
- This was one of the first commercially produced British superhets and was several years ahead of its time.
- A few tried to skirt these laws, but the vast majority of superhets were built from scratch or from kits with additional parts.
- The typical approach both SDRs and superhets have to solve this problem is to make the receiver more deaf.
- Early superhets used frequencies of around 100kHz whilst later sets used around 465kHz. There was one major disadvantage however.
- In the superhet or superheterodyne radio, the received signal enters one input of the mixed.
- Most of these ‘Two Transistor’ jobs were not superhets at all even though they used similar components.
- From the late Fifties through the mid-Sixties their beginner's superhet was called the SimpleX Super, a 3-tube affair designed to cover just the 80M and 40M amateur bands.
- This circuit evolved from the desire to have transceiver operation when using my homebrew superhet receivers.