February 13, 2014

FCC Technician Exam Question Of The Day (T7A02)



Q) What type of receiver is shown in Figure T6?

A) Single-conversion superheterodyne

NJ2X Notes:
"Heterodyne" comes from the Greek roots hetero- which means "different", and -dyne which means "power".  Edwin Armstrong invented the heterodyne receiver in 1918.