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E4D03

AMATEUR PRACTICES · Receiver performance characteristics: dynamic range; intermodulation and cross-modulation interference; third-order intercept; desensitization; preselector; sensitivity; link margin

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What creates intermodulation interference between two repeaters in close proximity?

  1. AThe output signals cause feedback in the final amplifier of one or both transmitters
  2. BThe output signals mix in the final amplifier of one or both transmitters
  3. CThe input frequencies are harmonically related
  4. DThe output frequencies are harmonically related
Why Intermodulation needs two signals and a nonlinear device to mix them. When repeaters share a site, RF from one transmitter's antenna gets back into the other transmitter's final amplifier, and that final acts as a mixer, producing sum and difference products that are radiated as spurious signals. The standard cure is a ferrite isolator or circulator at each transmitter output, which passes power outward but attenuates signals coming back in.
Watch out The harmonic-relationship choices describe simple harmonic radiation, which is a separate problem; intermod products occur between any two frequencies and do not require them to be multiples of one another.
Intermod is mixed in the final. Fix it with an isolator, not a harmonic filter.
HamSandwich explanation, first draft. The question and answers are the NCVEC text.
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  1. E4D01 What is meant by the blocking dynamic range of a receiver?
  2. E4D02 Which of the following describes problems caused by poor dynamic range in a receiver?
  3. E4D03 What creates intermodulation interference between two repeaters in close proximity?
  4. E4D04 Which of the following is used to reduce or eliminate intermodulation interference in a repeater caused by a …
  5. E4D06 What is the term for the reduction in receiver sensitivity caused by a strong signal near the received freque…
  6. E4D07 Which of the following reduces the likelihood of receiver desensitization?
  7. E4D08 What causes intermodulation in an electronic circuit?
  8. E4D09 What is the purpose of the preselector in a communications receiver?
  9. E4D10 What does a third-order intercept level of 40 dBm mean with respect to receiver performance?
  10. E4D11 Why are odd-order intermodulation products, created within a receiver, of particular interest compared to oth…
  11. E4D12 What is the link margin in a system with a transmit power level of 10 W (+40 dBm), a system antenna gain of 1…
  12. E4D13 What is the received signal level with a transmit power of 10 W (+40 dBm), a transmit antenna gain of 6 dBi, …
  13. E4D14 What power level does a receiver minimum discernible signal of -100 dBm represent?
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