What are the distinguishing features of a Chebyshev filter?
It allows ripple in the passband.
What are the distinguishing features of a Butterworth filter?
It has a maximally flat response over its passband.
Which circuit is used to detect FM-phone signals?
Frequency discriminator.
What causes a squelch circuit to function?
Presence of noise.
Where would you normally find a low-pass filter in a radio receiver?
In the AVC circuit.
In the Power Supply.
What is the primary purpose of the first IF amplifier stage in a receiver?
Selectivity.
A good crystal band-pass filter for a single-sideband phone would be?
2.1 KHz.
What is a product detector?
It uses a mixing process with alocally generated carrier.
What causes a squelch circuit to function?
Presence of noise.
What is cross-modulation interference?
Modulation from an unwanted signal heard in addition to the desired signal.
What factors should be considered when selecting an intermediate frequency?
Image rejection and selectivity.
Which statement is true regarding the filter output characteristics shown in Figure 3F16?
A is a low pass curve and D is a band stop curve.
Which circuit is used to detect FM-phone signals?
Frequency discriminator.
What makes a Digital Coded Squelch work?
Digital codes.
What is the term used to refer to the condition where the signals from a very strong station are superimposed on other signals being received?
Cross-modulation interference.
What is an advantage of a constant -k filter?
It has high attenuation of signals at frequencies far removed from the pass band.
What is the definition of detection in a radio receiver?
The recovery o intelligence from the modulated RF signal.
Pulse type interference to automobile radio receivers that appears related to the speed of the engine can often be reduced by:
Installing resistances in series with spark plug wires.
What are the three general groupings of filters?
High-pass, low-pass, and band-pass,
In a CTCSS controlled FM receiver, the CTCSS tone is filtered out after the:
Discriminator but before the audio section.
What is the digital signal processing term for noise subtraction circuitry?
Adaptive filtering and autocorrelation.
What is cross-modulation interference?
Modulation from an unwanted signal heard in addition to the desired signal.
What parameter must be selected when designing an audio filter using an op-amp?
Bandpass characteristics
What are the distinguishing features of a Butterworth filter?
It has a maximally flat response ver its passband.