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T4B06

AMATEUR RADIO PRACTICES · Operating controls: frequency tuning, use of filters, squelch function, AGC, memory channels, noise blanker, microphone gain, receiver incremental tuning (RIT), bandwidth selection, scanning function; Digital transceiver configuration; DMR code plugs and talk groups

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Which of the following controls could be used if the voice pitch of a single-sideband signal returning to your CQ call seems too high or low?

  1. AThe AGC or limiter
  2. BThe bandwidth selection
  3. CThe tone squelch
  4. DThe RIT or Clarifier
Why In SSB the carrier is suppressed, so the audio pitch you hear depends entirely on how closely your receive frequency matches the other station's transmit frequency. If the other station is a few hundred hertz off, every voice frequency shifts by that amount and the voice sounds too high (chipmunk) or too low (growly). Receiver incremental tuning, also called the clarifier, nudges the receive frequency slightly without moving your transmit frequency, so you can correct the pitch and stay on their frequency when you answer.
Watch out Changing bandwidth only narrows or widens the filter passband, which affects how much noise and adjacent signals you hear, not the pitch of the recovered audio; AGC controls gain and tone squelch is an FM subaudible tone feature.
RIT = Receive-only tuning. Clarifier 'clarifies' the Donald Duck voice by shifting RX a few hundred Hz.
HamSandwich explanation, first draft. The question and answers are the NCVEC text.
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The rest of T4B

  1. T4B01 What is the effect of excessive microphone gain on SSB transmissions?
  2. T4B02 Which of the following can be used to enter a transceiver's operating frequency?
  3. T4B03 How is squelch adjusted so that a weak FM signal can be heard?
  4. T4B04 What does an FM signal sound like when received slightly off frequency?
  5. T4B05 What does the scanning function of an FM transceiver do?
  6. T4B06 Which of the following controls could be used if the voice pitch of a single-sideband signal returning to you…
  7. T4B07 What is a DMR "code plug"?
  8. T4B08 What is the advantage of having a choice of receiver filter bandwidths in a multimode transceiver?
  9. T4B09 How is a specific group of stations selected on a DMR digital voice transceiver?
  10. T4B10 Which of the following receiver filter bandwidths provides the best signal-to-noise ratio for SSB reception?
  11. T4B11 Which of the following must be programmed into a D-STAR digital transceiver before transmitting?
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