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Local oscillator (L.O.)

Frequency-change oscillator (deprecated)

An oscillator used to derive an intermediate frequency by beating with the signal-carrying frequency in superheterodyne reception.




Please note that this is the term as it stands in the original IALA Dictionary edition (1970-1989)