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Old 09-27-2011, 12:51 PM
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Originally Posted by Electronic M View Post
I always thought cascode was a generic term for mechanical tuners with channel detents....Was I mistaken?
It was particular type of RF amp stage using two triodes in cascade (hence the "cascode" moniker), providing high gain at low noise. Twin-triode tubes like the 6BQ7 were used, IIRC.
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