The radio you listen to every day is a "super heterodyne". Don't ask me how I know.] Dick N7RB (Ham radio call letters) ----- Original Message ----- From: <kam544@flash.net> To: <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Thursday, November 23, 2000 9:37 AM Subject: word meaning > List, > > Came across a new word for me today watching the National Spelling Bee held > in Washington, D.C. on ESPN: > > heterodyne (het·ero·dyne) > to combine (as a radio frequency) with a different frequency so that a beat > is produced > > Of course, this immediately made me think of all the beat listeners in our > internet community heterodyning from day to day :-) > > Gobble, gobble, > > Keith McGavern > Registered Piano Technician > Oklahoma Chapter 731 > Piano Technicians Guild > USA > >
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