E7E Modulation and demodulation: reactance, phase, and balanced modulators; detectors; mixers - [[E7E01]] (B) Which of the following can be used to generate FM phone signals? - [[A.]] Balanced modulation of the audio amplifier - [[B.]] Reactance modulation of a local oscillator - [[C.]] Reactance modulation of the final amplifier - [[D.]] Balanced modulation of a local oscillator -- - [[E7E02]] (D) What is the function of a reactance modulator? - [[A.]] Produce PM or FM signals by varying a resistance - [[B.]] Produce AM signals by varying an inductance - [[C.]] Produce AM signals by varying a resistance - [[D.]] Produce PM or FM signals by varying a capacitance -- - [[E7E03]] (D) What is a frequency discriminator? - [[A.]] An FM generator circuit - [[B.]] A circuit for filtering closely adjacent signals - [[C.]] An automatic band-switching circuit - [[D.]] A circuit for detecting FM signals -- - [[E7E04]] (A) What is one way to produce a single-sideband phone signal? - [[A.]] Use a balanced modulator followed by a filter - [[B.]] Use a reactance modulator followed by a mixer - [[C.]] Use a loop modulator followed by a mixer - [[D.]] Use a product detector with a DSB signal -- - [[E7E05]] (D) What is added to an FM speech channel to boost the higher audio frequencies? - [[A.]] A de-emphasis network - [[B.]] A harmonic enhancer - [[C.]] A heterodyne enhancer - [[D.]] A pre-emphasis network -- - [[E7E06]] (A) Why is de-emphasis used in FM communications receivers? - [[A.]] For compatibility with transmitters using phase modulation - [[B.]] To reduce impulse noise reception - [[C.]] For higher efficiency - [[D.]] To remove third-order distortion products -- - [[E7E07]] (B) What is meant by the term “baseband” in radio communications? - [[A.]] The lowest frequency band that the transmitter or receiver covers - [[B.]] The frequency range occupied by a message signal prior to modulation - [[C.]] The unmodulated bandwidth of the transmitted signal - [[D.]] The basic oscillator frequency in an FM transmitter that is multiplied to increase the deviation and carrier frequency -- - [[E7E08]] (C) What are the principal frequencies that appear at the output of a mixer? - [[A.]] Two and four times the input frequency - [[B.]] The square root of the product of input frequencies - [[C.]] The two input frequencies along with their sum and difference frequencies - [[D.]] 1.414 and 0.707 times the input frequency -- - [[E7E09]] (A) What occurs when the input signal levels to a mixer are too high? - [[A.]] Spurious mixer products are generated - [[B.]] Mixer blanking occurs - [[C.]] Automatic limiting occurs - [[D.]] Excessive AGC voltage levels are generated -- - [[E7E10]] (A) How does a diode envelope detector function? - [[A.]] By rectification and filtering of RF signals - [[B.]] By breakdown of the Zener voltage - [[C.]] By mixing signals with noise in the transition region of the diode - [[D.]] By sensing the change of reactance in the diode with respect to frequency -- - [[E7E11]] (C) Which type of detector is used for demodulating SSB signals? - [[A.]] Discriminator - [[B.]] Phase detector - [[C.]] Product detector - [[D.]] Phase comparator