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G8A06

SIGNALS AND EMISSIONS · - Carriers and modulation: AM, FM, and single sideband; modulation envelope; digital modulation; overmodulation; link budgets and link margins

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Which of the following is characteristic of QPSK31?

  1. AIt is sideband sensitive
  2. BIts encoding provides error correction
  3. CIts bandwidth is approximately the same as BPSK31
  4. DAll these choices are correct
Why QPSK31 uses the same 31.25 baud symbol rate and shaping as BPSK31, so it occupies roughly the same narrow bandwidth of about 31 Hz. The difference is that it uses four phase states instead of two, and the extra bits carry a convolutional code that a Viterbi decoder uses to correct errors. Because the receiver must track the direction of phase rotation, QPSK31 is sideband sensitive: pick the wrong sideband and the decode fails, unlike BPSK31 which works either way.
Watch out Each individual statement is true, so choosing only one of them, such as the bandwidth statement, leaves out the error correction and sideband sensitivity that also define the mode.
QPSK31 = BPSK31 plus two extras: error correction and sideband sensitivity, same 31 Hz width.
HamSandwich explanation, first draft. The question and answers are the NCVEC text.
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The rest of G8A

  1. G8A01 How is direct binary FSK modulation generated?
  2. G8A02 What is the name of the process that changes the phase angle of an RF signal to convey information?
  3. G8A03 What is the name of the process that changes the instantaneous frequency of an RF wave to convey information?
  4. G8A04 What emission is produced by a reactance modulator connected to a transmitter RF amplifier stage?
  5. G8A05 What type of modulation varies the instantaneous power level of the RF signal?
  6. G8A06 Which of the following is characteristic of QPSK31?
  7. G8A07 Which of the following phone emissions uses the narrowest bandwidth?
  8. G8A08 Which of the following is an effect of overmodulation?
  9. G8A09 What type of modulation is used by FT8?
  10. G8A10 What is meant by the term "flat-topping," when referring to an amplitude-modulated phone signal?
  11. G8A11 What is the modulation envelope of an AM signal?
  12. G8A12 What is QPSK modulation?
  13. G8A13 What is a link budget?
  14. G8A14 What is link margin?
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