low-frequency padder

low-frequency padder

[′lō ‚frē·kwən·sē ′pad·ər]

(electronics)

In a superheterodyne receiver, a small adjustable capacitor connected in series with the oscillator tuning coil and adjusted during alignment to obtain correct calibration of the circuit at the low-frequency end of the tuning range.

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