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Meaning of "spark transmitter" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SPARK TRANSMITTER

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SPARK TRANSMITTER

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Spark transmitter is a noun.
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WHAT DOES SPARK TRANSMITTER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Spark-gap transmitter

A spark-gap transmitter is a device for generating radio frequency electromagnetic waves using a spark gap. These devices served as the transmitters for most wireless telegraphy systems for the first three decades of radio and the first demonstrations of practical radio were carried out using them. In later years somewhat more efficient transmitters were developed based on rotary machines like the high-speed Alexanderson alternators and the static Poulsen Arc generators, but spark transmitters were still preferred by most operators. This was because of their uncomplicated design and because the carrier stopped when the telegraph key was released, which allowed the operator to "listen through" for a reply. With other types of transmitter, the carrier could not be controlled so easily, and they required elaborate measures to modulate the carrier and to prevent transmitter leakage from de-sensitizing the receiver. After WWI, greatly improved transmitters based on vacuum tubes became available, which overcame these problems, and by the late 1920s the only spark transmitters still in regular operation were "legacy" installations on naval vessels.

Definition of spark transmitter in the English dictionary

The definition of spark transmitter in the dictionary is an early type of radio transmitter in which power is generated by discharging a capacitor through an inductor in series with a spark gap.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SPARK TRANSMITTER

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WORDS THAT END LIKE SPARK TRANSMITTER

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Synonyms and antonyms of spark transmitter in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «spark transmitter» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SPARK TRANSMITTER

Find out the translation of spark transmitter to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of spark transmitter from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «spark transmitter» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

火花发射器
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

transmisor de chispa
570 millions of speakers

English

spark transmitter
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

चिंगारी ट्रांसमीटर
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

الارسال شرارة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

искра передатчик
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

transmissor de faísca
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

স্পার্ক ট্রান্সমিটার
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

l´émetteur d´étincelles
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pemancar percikan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Funkensender
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

スパークトランスミッタ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

스파크 송신기
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Spark pemancar
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tia lửa phát
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தீப்பொறி டிரான்ஸ்மிட்டர்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

स्पार्क ट्रान्समीटर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Kıvılcım verici
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

trasmettitore a scintilla
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

nadajnik iskra
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

іскра передавач
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

emițător scânteie
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πομπός σπίθα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

vonksender
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

gnista sändare
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

gnist senderen
5 millions of speakers

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SPARK TRANSMITTER»

The term «spark transmitter» is barely ever used and occupies the 196.662 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SPARK TRANSMITTER» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about spark transmitter

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SPARK TRANSMITTER»

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Boys' Life
The 201-A. I Home of the League Where can I get information on the American Radio Relay League? — Stanley Wauchope, Jr. American Radio Relay League, Hartford, Conn. Sparks Not in Favor Can amateurs use a spark transmitter with a  ...
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The Worldwide History of Telecommunications
Wien's squenched spark transmitter, which increased the efficiency of the transmitter and enabled the generation of higher frequencies. and Braun's crystal detector became the basis for the radio equipment produced by Telefunken. Instead of ...
Anton A. Huurdeman, 2003
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Encyclopedia of 20th-Century Technology
No designer, however, could overcome the spark transmitter's inherent noisiness in order to make radio telephony practical. Spark transmitter designs did eventually make radio telegraphy practical. In 1897, Marconi secured a patent in Great ...
Colin Hempstead, William Worthington, 2004
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Syntony and Spark: The Origins of Radio
What this meant in practice was that it was inherently impossible to tune a spark transmitter to a single frequency. The damping factor could be reduced by various means and (as was later learned) resonant circuits could be inserted between ...
Hugh G.J. Aitken, 2014
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Popular Science
Two- Circuit Spark Transmitter A type of transmitter which is preferred to that of Fig. 31 is shown in Fig. 32. It also depends upon the condenser discharge for generation of radio frequency current in the antenna. Here a condenser C receives ...
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Popular Science
The pitch of the tone will depend upon the spark frequency; if a spark transmitter having 120 cycle power supply is used, with one spark per half- cycle, 240 sparks per second will be produced and the signal tone will sound slightly lower than ...
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Project Mapole (magnetic Dipole Spark Transmitter).
The report describes theoretical and experimental work on the development of a VHF high-power closed-ring spark transmitter, a device theoretically capable of producing gigawatt peak powers in the nanosecond pulse-length region.
Marcel P. Fraser, MASSACHUSETTS INST OF TECH LEXINGTON LINCOLN LAB., 1967
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The Artist as Producer: Russian Constructivism in Revolution
Despite constant improvements to the technology of spark-gap transmission, two problems cannot be entirely eliminated. First, the spark-transmitted signal is unsuitable for the transmission of the human voice since the spark transmitter sends ...
Maria Gough, 2005
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History of Wireless
Fessenden had realized, as we have already noted previously, that the stop and go system, the spark transmitter, was incapable of transmitting satisfactorily voice and music. A means of sending and receiving continuous waves was required.
T. K. Sarkar, Robert Mailloux, Arthur A. Oliner, 2006
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Popular Science
... which we may call Class I. This class includes practically all of the numerous variations of spark and buzzer sending arrangements; and the class may be subdivided by reason of the particular characteristics of each form of spark transmitter.

6 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SPARK TRANSMITTER»

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Spark transmitter on BBC TV
At 4:05 into the show there is a brief explanation of how radio beacons are used to track sharks, but the highlight of the show is at 18:18 when Ellie Harrison ... «Southgate Amateur Radio Club, Jul 15»
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Amateur Radio Special Events to Mark International Marconi Day:
The VPC suffix recalls the call sign of the Marconi spark transmitters in Stanley. The 150 kW transmitter built in 1915 fed seven 305-foot masts and operated on ... «eHam.net, Apr 15»
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NPR's 'All Things Considered' Segment Includes Spark Gap Morse …
The ARRL Lab has a working spark transmitter, so Kutzko got the desired text from NPR, which he sent by hand and recorded. "They said it was 'perfect,'" he ... «eHam.net, Mar 14»
4
Curious street with transmitter mast and gun emplacements
A 2.5 kilowatt spark transmitter provided a wireless telegraph service to ships within ... These days the site of the former transmitter is called Te Ahumairangi Hill. «The Dominion Post, Jan 14»
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How Transmitter Power Supplies Evolved
Actually, the power supply of a modern radio transmitter is probably one of the ... The fully charged batteries alone could power the spark transmitter for quite ... «Radio World, Jan 11»
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“Coming Home” to HamJam 2010
Hal Kennedy, N4GG, supplied the other historical bookend with a description and demonstration of his authentic recreation of a spark transmitter, known as ... «ARRL, Nov 10»

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