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How GPS Receivers Work
A brief description of how GPS Receivers work. This site is part of Marshall Brain's HowStuffWorks.com.
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Heterodyne Principle
Heterodyning is a method for transferring a broadcast signal from its carrier to a fixed local intermediate frequency in the receiver so that most of the receiver does not have to be retuned when you ...
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Tuning a radio receiver
This site shows how a radio is tuned using a variable capacitor connected to a simple antenna transformer circuit. Includes a description of reactance equalization.
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AM Radio
AM radio uses the electrical image of a sound source to modulate the amplitude of a carrier wave. At the receiver end in the detection process, that image is stripped back off the carrier and turned ...
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Fm Radio
FM radio uses the electrical image of a sound source to modulate the frequency of a carrier wave. At the receiver end in the detection process, that image is stripped back off the carrier and turned ...
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