local oscillator
noun
electronics the oscillator in a superheterodyne receiver whose output frequency is mixed with the incoming modulated radio-frequency carrier signal to produce the required intermediate frequency
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They then radiated a signal at this frequency, modulated at the frequency to which the local oscillator was set.
Tom Swift and The Visitor from Planet X | Victor AppletonIf it is, you will hear an intermittent musical note for some tune of your local oscillator.
Letters of a Radio-Engineer to His Son | John Mills
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