tickler coil
the coil by which the plate circuit of a vacuum tube is inductively coupled with the grid circuit in the process of regeneration.
Origin of tickler coil
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How to use tickler coil in a sentence
Now connect one end of the tickler coil with the detector plate and the other post to the fixed .001 mfd.
The Radio Amateur's Hand Book | A. Frederick CollinsDon't think you have to use a regenerative circuit, that is, one with a tickler coil, to receive with a vacuum tube detector.
The Radio Amateur's Hand Book | A. Frederick CollinsI suppose you use a tickler coil in the plate circuit, dont you?
The Radio Boys at Mountain Pass | Allen Chapman
British Dictionary definitions for tickler coil
a small inductance coil connected in series in the anode circuit of a valve and magnetically coupled to a coil in the grid circuit to provide feedback
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