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Subelement 6

Receivers

Section 6-02

oscillators, mixers, tuning

The mixer stage of a superheterodyne receiver is used to:

  • allow a number of IF frequencies to be used
  • remove image signals from the receiver
  • produce an audio frequency for the speaker
  • Correct Answer
    change the frequency of the incoming signal to that of the IF
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A superheterodyne receiver designed for SSB reception must have a beatfrequency oscillator (BFO) because:

  • Correct Answer
    the suppressed carrier must be replaced for detection
  • it phases out the unwanted sideband signal
  • it reduces the pass-band of the IF stages
  • it beats with the receiver carrier to produce the missing sideband
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The first mixer in the receiver mixes the incoming signal with the local oscillator to produce:

  • an audio frequency
  • a radio frequency
  • a high frequency oscillator (HFO) frequency
  • Correct Answer
    an intermediate frequency
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If the incoming signal to the mixer is 3 600 kHz and the first IF is 9 MHz, at which one of the following frequencies would the high frequency oscillator (HFO) operate?

  • Correct Answer
    5 400 kHz
  • 3 400 kHz
  • 10 600 kHz
  • 21 600 kHz
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The BFO is off-set slightly (500 - 1 500 Hz) from the incoming signal to the detector. This is required:

  • Correct Answer
    to beat with the incoming signal
  • to pass the signal without interruption
  • to provide additional amplification
  • to protect the incoming signal from interference
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It is very important that the oscillators contained in a superheterodyne receiver are:

  • Correct Answer
    stable and spectrally pure
  • sensitive and selective
  • stable and sensitive
  • selective and spectrally pure
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In a superhetrodyne receiver, a stage before the IF amplifier has a variable capacitor in parallel with a trimmer capacitor and an inductance. The variable capacitor is for:

  • tuning both the antenna and the BFO
  • tuning of the beat-frequency oscillator (BFO)
  • tuning both the antenna and the HFO
  • Correct Answer
    tuning of the high-frequency oscillator (HFO)
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In a superhetrodyne receiver without an RF amplifier, the input to the mixer stage has a variable capacitor in parallel with an inductance. The variable capacitor is for:

  • tuning both the antenna and the BFO
  • tuning the beat-frequency oscillator (BFO)
  • tuning both the antenna and the HFO
  • Correct Answer
    tuning of the antenna
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What receiver stage combines a 14.25-MHz input signal with a 13.795-MHz oscillator signal to produce a 455-kHz intermediate frequency (IF) signal?

  • BFO
  • VFO
  • Multiplier
  • Correct Answer
    Mixer
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Which two stages in a superheterodyne receiver have input tuned circuits tuned to the same frequency?

  • IF and local oscillator
  • RF and IF
  • RF and local oscillator
  • Correct Answer
    RF and first mixer
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The mixer stage of a superheterodyne receiver:

  • Correct Answer
    produces an intermediate frequency
  • produces spurious signals
  • acts as a buffer stage
  • demodulates SSB signals
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