Early Short-Wave Superhet Time Line
Copyright 2003, Alan R. Klase. All rights reserved.

Prior to this time, the vast majority of short-wave communication receivers, both commercial and amateur, were simple regenerative detectors (autodynes) often preceeded by tuned-radio-frequency (TRF) amplifiers.  See The Age of the Autodyne.   Most amateurs built ther own receivers. 


Hammarlund
National
RME
RCA
Other
Jun. 1931



RCA-RAB (1)

Sep. 1931

SW-3 (Q)



Dec. 1931
Comet Allwave (2)




Apr. 1932
Comet Pro Prototype (Q)




Aug 1932




QST Xtal filter (Q)
Sep. 1932
Comet Pro (Q)




Oct. 1932

AGS (Q)



Nov. 1932
Improved Comet Pro (Q)




Jan. 1933
C-Pro, 57's & 58's
(Q)




Feb. 1933

AGS bandspread (Q)

H&H Single Sig (Q)
Mar. 1933
Air-tuned IF's (Q) FB-7 (Q)


McMurdo Silver
3A Ham Super
(Q)
July 1933
Comet Pro Xtal Filter (Q) FB-X (Q)


Sep. 1933




McMurdo Silver
5A Single-Signal
(Q)
Oct. 1933
C-Pro 10M Coils (Q) FB-7 Bandspread (Q)


Nov. 1933
C-Pro AVC (Q) AGS-X  (Q)


Dec. 1933

FB-XA (Q) RME-9 (Q)

May 1934


R-Meter (Q)

Oct 1934

HRO
RME-9D (Q)
McMurdo Silver 5C (Q)
Dec 1934



RCA ACR-136 (Q)
Jan. 1935




Hallicrafters Super-Skyrider (Q)
Feb. 1935

HRO Bandspread Coils (Q)


June 1935
Super-Pro
Army contract (?)

RME-9D
10 meters (Q)


Sept. 1935




Hallicrafters S/SX-9
1936 Super Skyrider (Q)
Oct. 1935




Breting 12 (Q)
Nov. 1935



RCA AR-60 (Q)
Dec. 1935


RME-69 (Q)
Patterson PR-16 (Q)
Mar. 1936
Super-Pro (Q)

BC-224(?)

Apr. 1936



RCA ACR-175 (Q)
Oct. 1936


DB-20 Preselector (Q)
Hallicrafters S/SX-11
1937 Super Skyrider (Q)
Nov. 1936

NC-100 (Q)



Notes:
1- Date on Navy Manual
2 - Date on Schematic, Rider's Vol. 3
Q - QST advertisement or article