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Nov 29, 1938 Phasing and spacing antennas to eliminate undesired reflected rays
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Sept 9, 1941 System for noise reduction - noise random, signal in phase
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Nov. 15, 1932 Differential volume control for diversity artificial line
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Jan 8, 1929 Artificial transmission lines for phasing multiple antennas
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Nov 7, 1922 Radio Receiving System - the bidirectional Beverage antenna
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Jan, 17, 1939 Electrical energy measuring system frequency modulation
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Aug. 5, 1931 Means for testing recorded sound—automatic check film
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Company the following year as a radio-laboratory assistant to Dr.
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Adventures in Cybersound - Harold Henry Beverage, Dr. 1893-1993
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Feb. 6, 1937 Multiplex cable code with diversity receivers
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Aug. 30, 1932 Acoustic combining system - mix reflections
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Jun 7, 1921 Radio Receiving System - the Beverage antenna
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Jul 1, 1941 Broadband Uni-directional Shortwave Antenna
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