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Claim 1

A SIGNAL SEPARATION SYSTEM COMPRISING MEANS FOR CONVEYING A PARTICULAR SPECTRUM OF SIGNALS INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF SIGNALS FALLING WITHIN SAID SPECTRUM, MEANS FOR SEPARATING SAID SIGNALS ACCORDING TO SAID TYPES, SAID SEPARATING MEANS COMPRISING MEANS FOR DISTORTING THE AMPLITUDE DISTRIBUTION OF SAID SIGNALS TO DECREASE THE RELATIVE STRENGTH OF ONE TYPE OF SAID SIGNALS IN THE PRESENCE OF ANOTHER TYPE OF SAID SIGNALS AND TO INCREASE THE RELATIVE STRENGTH OF SAID ONE TYPE OF SAID SIGNALS IN THE ABSENCE OF SAID OTHER TYPE OF SAID SIGNALS, WHEREIN SAID ONE TYPE OF SAID SIGNALS COMPRISES FREQUENCIES TRANSMITTED IN A RELATIVELY NARROW BANDWIDTH, SAID OTHER TYPE OF SAID SIGNALS COMPRISES FREQUENCIES TRANSMITTED IN A RELATIVELY WIDE BANDWIDTH, SAID NARROW BANDWIDTH FALLING WITHIN SAID WIDE BANDWIDTH, SAID DISTORTING MEANS COMPRISES AN AMPLIFIER HAVING CHARACTERISTICS SUCH THAT AT LEAST A PORTION OF SAID WIDE BAND IS AMPLIFIED GREATLY COMPARED TO THE SAID NARROW BAND, MEANS FOR RESPONDING TO SAID ONE TYPE OF SAID SIGNALS WHEN DISTORTED TO HAVE RELATIVELY HIGH SIGNAL STRENGTH, AND MEANS FOR REJECTING SAID ONE TYPE OF SAID SIGNALS WHEN DISTORTED TO HAVE A RELATIVELY WEAK SIGNAL STRENGTH.