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Type of manual transmission

A preselector gearbox is a type of manual transmission mostly used on passenger cars and racing cars in the 1930s, in buses from 1940 to 1960 and in armoured vehicles from the 1930s to the 1970s. The defining characteristic of a preselector gearbox is that the gear shift lever allowed the driver to "pre-select" the next gear, usually with the transmission remaining in the current gear until the driver pressed the "gear change pedal" at the desired time. Wikipedia →

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  2. Skim a recent paper: Switched preselector of a multichannel receiverInfluential work since 2022
  3. Pick up a classic book: Preselector for EMC testing using a spectrumanalyzerThe most-reprinted book on the subject
  4. Read the landmark paper: Detecting Maritime Infrared Targets in Harsh Environment by Improved Visual Attention Model Preselector and Anti-Jitter Spatiotemporal Filter DiscriminatorCited 4 times
  5. Go sideways: Self-Changing GearsA closely related topic
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Noun Any of various radio switching or filtering devices.

Noun A manual gearbox designed so that the manual shift lever preselects the next gear to be used and a separate pedal is used to engage it, without needing to work a manual clutch.

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