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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