Key Topic 55: SSB Transmitters Flashcards
3-55G1: What will occur when a non-linear amplifier is used with a single-sideband phone transmitter?
A. Reduced amplifier efficiency.
B. Increased intelligibility.
C. Sideband inversion.
D. Distortion.
D. Distortion.
3-55G2: To produce a single-sideband suppressed carrier transmission it is necessary to ___ the carrier and to ___ the unwanted sideband.
A. Filter, filter.
B. Cancel, filter.
C. Filter, cancel.
D. Cancel, cancel.
B. Cancel, filter.
3-55G3: In a single-sideband phone signal, what determines the PEP-to-average power ratio?
A. The frequency of the modulating signal.
B. The degree of carrier suppression.
C. The speech characteristics.
D. The amplifier power.
C. The speech characteristics.
3-55G4: What is the approximate ratio of peak envelope power to average power during normal voice modulation peak in a single-sideband phone signal?
A. 2.5 to 1.
B. 1 to 1.
C. 25 to 1.
D. 100 to 1.
A. 2.5 to 1.
3-55G5: What is the output peak envelope power from a transmitter as measured on an oscilloscope showing 200 volts peak-to-peak across a 50-ohm load resistor?
A 1,000 watts.
B. 100 watts.
C. 200 watts.
D. 400 watts.
B. 100 watts.
3-55G6: What would be the voltage across a 50-ohm dummy load dissipating 1,200 watts?
A. 245 volts.
B. 692 volts.
C. 346 volts.
D. 173 volts.
A. 245 volts.