Superheterodyne receiver

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What Wikipedia says

The superheterodyne receiver, commonly called the superhet, is a radio receiver that uses heterodyning to convert incoming radio-frequency (RF) signals to a fixed intermediate frequency (IF). The signal is then amplified and filtered at that fixed frequency.

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