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Image frequency

Image frequency: In radio reception using heterodyning in the tuning process, an undesired input frequency that is capable of producing the same intermediate frequency (IF) that the desired input frequency produces.

Note: The term image arises from the mirror-like symmetry of signal and image frequencies about the beating-oscillator frequency.

Source: from Federal Standard 1037C and from MIL-STD-188

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