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What type of jammer generates RF noise in a particular band or frequency channel to change the signal to noise ratio of a radar receiver?

Spot noise

What are the operational pressures of high and low power dry air systems?


25 to 35 psi high and 1 to 8 psi low

What is the standard FM broadcast IF?

10.7 MHz

What is dry air used in a waveguide for?

To prevent arching

What is reciprocity?

The ability of an antenna to act as a transmitting or receiving antenna

What is the hallmark of standard SSB?

Long transmission range with minimal power use

When/why is the bandwidth of the NBFM communication system reduced?

To accommodate signal and voice transmission

What does a type 1 dehydrator use to remove liquid and oil?

Refrigerant

What is the primary factor affecting radar accuracy?

Radar system resolution

The length of LOS is known as?

Range

What are the benefits of frequency synthesis?

Smaller size, greater frequency stability, and versatility to interface with microprocessors

What enables the HF system to communicate over long ranges?

High power transmitters, sensitive receivers, and ionospheric conditions

The maximum frequency just below the escape point?

Critical frequency

When the error voltage from the low pass filter ____ the VCO output frequency ______.

Increases, Increases

When intelligence is injected into the final RF power amplifier it is considered to be ______.

High level modulation

The higher the sun ____.

The higher the frequency

What form of SSB is commonly used in the military?

ISB

RF energy reflected from an object is called?

Echo

What is also a popular communications format with the U.S. Military?

NBFM

When are standing waves created?

When there is an impedance mismatch in the transmission system

Where is the double conversion process used?

In communication receivers

What are the advantages of FM?

Less interference between stations, greater noise suppression, and reduce transmitter power to cover an assigned area.

The components of an AM signal are ____?

USB, Carrier, LSB

What type of loss is due to high frequency currents flowing near th outer surface of the conductor?

Skin effect loss

What are FM sidebands that contain the majority of power called?

Significant Sidebands

How many IF amplifier stages does a FM receiver normally have?

2 or more

Distortion is commonly caused by ____?

Over driven amplifiers

When a portion of electric energy is lost to the atmosphere, not a nearby object, it is called?

Radiation Loss

What radar receiver circuit produces the IF frequency?

The MIxer

What is the most commonly used reference level in the decibel measurement system for radar?

1 Miliwatt

The combat ECM use _____.

ECCM

The citizen band frequency range is?

26.965-27.405 MHz

What type of loss is due to the capacitance formed between transmission lines?

Dielectric Loss

If the VCO frequency is lagging the reference frequency; the DC error voltage?

Increases

What are the noise spikes in the FM removed by?

The limiter

The phase lock loop circuit is?

A closed circuit

The waveguide is defined as a system of material boundaries capable of guiding?

Electromagnetic energy

Why do radio waves have to be converted to sound waves?

Electromagnetic waves have no effect on the human ear

What form of SSB is used with television video signals?

Vestibical sidebands

True or False, FM receivers must have an RF amplifier?

True

What form of SSB is commonly used by amateur radio operators?

Standard SSB

The local oscillator in the AM receivers is always tuned to?

45KHz above the tuned RF

What type of circuit demodulates FM signals according to frequency variations produced by the difference between the FM input frequency and VCO frequency?

Phase lock loop

The VCO frequency can lock onto the reference frequency when the reference signals is?

Between the upper and lower cutoff frequency

Radio and light waves are ______ which are futher classified as _______.

Transverse waves, electromagnetic waves

Adding a reflector to a horn antenna increases?

Power gain and directivity

What is RF energy reflected from an object called?

Echo

What is not a component of a typical communications systems?

Satellite Up-link

Why are some equipment enclosures hermatically sealed?

To prevent the entrance of moisture

How is electromagnetic energy produced?

By current flowing through a conductor

Which RADAR receiver component converts the IF pulses to video pulses?

Video detector

True or False; The AM receiver uses an RF amplifier?

False

What type of an antenna would a RADAR system use to determine the bearing of an object?

An antenna that has a narrow horizontal beam width

Two objects at the same range must be separated by _____ to be separately distinguishable by the radar systems?

At least one beam width

What is the physical handling and installation of waveguides called?

Plumbing

The _____ the frequency wave, the more rapidly the wave is ______ by given degree of ionization?

Lower, refracted

A 30 Khz bandwidth is at the ______ end of normal bandwidth range?

High

Modulation may best be defined as?




The superimposition of low frequency info on a high frequency carrier signal

What is characteristic impedance?

Distributed inductance and capacitance of the line

Balanced modulators produced?

Only the sum and difference

Electromagnetic Energy is produced by ______.

Current flowing through a conductor

Effective suppression of the carrier requires?

Highly matched components

The RF Energy reflected from an object provides ____ to the radar system?

Bearing, range, elevation, and velocity

The "B" dimensions determines the ______ handling capability of a waveguide

Power

In frequency modulation the intelligence is located in the ____.

Frequency

What does indirect synthesis use?

PLL's and VCO's

What terms are associated with the limiter?

Threshold, quieting, or limiting knee voltage

Incident traveling waves are?

The RF signals traveling through a transmission line

The input signals to the phase comparator are the?

Reference signal and VCO signal

The reference signal is applied to the ____.

Phase comparator

What is the purpose of the dust filter in the dry air system?

To prevent desiccant and dust from contaminating the dry air system

What is the main purpose of the HF system?

To provide long range high frequency surface-to-surface, surface-to-air, and air-to-air radio communication

What effect does FTC have on receiver gain?

None

How is an antennas power gain measured?

In relation to a reference antenna

Narrow-band FM is primarily used for

Voice communications

What are the factors that influence Ionospheric refraction?

Ionospheric density, transmitter operating frequency, and angle at which radio waves strike the ionosphere

What is the least efficient type of equipment cooling?

Convection

What type of loss is due to resistance, respecially in long waves?

Copper Loss

True or False; Receivers may have more than one IF stage.

True

Frequency at which energy transmitted directly upward will escape directly into space?

Escape point

Each layer of the ionsphere has a maximum frequency that it will refract, known as the?

Critical frequency

The heterodyning process creates?

The original two frequency, their sum and difference

The "A" dimension determines the _____ handling capabilty of a waveguide.

Frequency

What is the unit of measurement for radar?

1 miliwatt

Ceramic filters have a ____ response curve, but a ____ in gain.

Sharp, Loss

Which is an advantage of SSB transmission?

Makes efficient use of the RF spectrum

Superheterodyne is _______.

The most commonly used in radar systems

The frequency at the output of the IF amp should be?

455 KHz

What is the filter's primary goal in PLL's?

To remove the harmonic components of the reference frequency

What is the definition of wave propagation?

The movement of the electromagnetic wave pass through a medium

The USB and LSB are always ____.

180 degrees out of phase

Commonly caused by overdriven amplifiers?

Distortion

Where is a truncated parabolic antenna normally used?

In a radar microwave system

The length of the line of sight is ____.

Range

Demodulation occurs when the ____.

"Intelligence" is extracted from the carrier

Selectivity is defined as ____.

A receivers ability to tune to a specific frequency while rejecting others

The CW Jammer transmits _____ unmodulated jamming signals to change the signal-to-noise ratio of a radar receiver

Constant - Amplitude , Constant - Frequency

The frequency of a radio wave must be ____ to compensate for changes in the ionosphere during the day.

Increased

What is the maximum frequency that each inosphere will refract?

Critical Frequency

What is active ECM sometimes referred to as?

Jamming

Where is the intelligence in an AM signal located?

Both in the sum of the original carrier and audio frequencies, and in the difference of the original carrier and audio frequencies.

A type 1 dehydrator uses refigerant to remove _____.

Liquid and oil

The primary system provides the initial source of coolling water that can either be ___.

Seawater or chilled water

The Secondary system transfers ___?

The heat load from the electronic equipment

Amplitude modulation may be defined as _____.

Varying the carrier amplitude with the instantaneous changes of the audio signal

The FM receiver's ability to select the stronger of the 2 signals with the same frequency is known as _____.

The Capture Effect