RF 3 Flashcards
Lower RBW
- Lower noise floor
- Higher sensitivity
Aspects of Digital
- Square signal
- Can’t be demodulated
Most common impedance
50Ω
Most directional antena
Horn
Does a carrier current require 60 Hz?
No
If I talk louder in FM
Signal gets wider
If I talk louder in AM
Signal gets taller
Up-converters overcome
Equipment weakness and lower frequencies
Up-converters compensate for
Receiver sensitivity and frequency response near DC
Medium/channel is targeted
Because it is the least controlled
Impedance (defined by capacitance and inductance) considerations
- diameter of conductors
- distance between conductors
- dielectric between conductors
Transition point from Near to Far Field
5 wavelengths (λ)
Inverse Square Law
Signal falls 6 dB for every distance doubled, from the transmitter
Physical barriers’ effect on sound propagation
1) Reflection
2) Refraction
3) Diffraction
Modulation
1) The Process of putting information onto a high frequency carrier for transmission
2) In order to be used by the receiving person it must be DEMODULATED (stripping away the carrier)