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49 Cards in this Set
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WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF THE SYNCHRONIZER IN A RADAR SYSTEM?
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CONTROLS SYSTEM OPERATING AND TIMING
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WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF THE MAJORITY OF CIRCUITS IN A RADAR SYSTEM?
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TIMING AND CONTROL
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A SELF-SYNCHRONIZED RADAR SYSTEM OBTAINS TIMING TRIGGER PULSES FROM WHAT SOURCE?
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TRANSMITTER
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WHAT TYPE OF MULTIVIBRATOR CAN BE USED AS A RADAR MASTER OSCILLATOR?
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FREE-RUNNING
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IN AN EXTERNALLY SYNCHRONIZED RADAR, WHAT DETERMINES THE PRR OF THE TRANSMITTER?
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THE MASTER OSCILLATOR
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WHAT BASIC CIRCUITS MEET THE REQUIREMENT OF AN EXTERNALLY SYNCHRONIZED MASTER OSCILLATOR?
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SINE-WAVE OSCILLATOR, SINGLE SWING BLOCKING OSCILLATOR, AND MASTER-TRIGGER (ASTABLE) MULTIBRATOR
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NAME A DISADVANTAGE OF SINE-WAVE OSCILLATOR SYNCHRONIZERS.
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IT REQUIRES ADDITIONAL SHAPING CIRCUITS
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WHICH OF THE BASIC TIMING CIRCUITS PRODUCES SHARP TRIGGER PULSES DIRECTLY?
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BLOCKING OSCILLATORS
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WHAT ARE THE 2 BASIC TYPES OF TRANSMITTERS?
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KEYED OSCILLATOR & POWER-AMPLIFIED CHAIN
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WHAT CONTROLS TRANSMITTER PULSE WIDTH?
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THE MODULATOR
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IN ADDITION TO A FLAT TOP, WHAT CHARACTERISTICS MUST A MODULATOR PULSE HAVE?
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STEEP LEADING AND TRAILING EDGES
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WHAT TYPE OF MODULATOR IS MOST COMMONLY USED IN MODERN RADAR SYSTEMS?
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LINE PULSED
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WHAT 3 TYPES OF STORAGE ELEMENTS MOST OFTEN ARE USED IN MODULATORS?
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CAPACITOR, ARTIFICIAL TRANMISSION LINE, OR PULSE FORMING NETWORK
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WHAT CHARACTERISTIC IS DETERMINED BY THE TIME REQUIRED FOR A VOLTAGE WAVE TO TRAVEL FROM THE INPUT END OF AN ARTIFIED TRANMISSION LINE TO THE OUTPUT END AND BACK AGAIN?
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PULSE WIDTH
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WHAT TYPE OF TUBE BEST MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS OF A MODULATOR SWITCHING ELEMENT?
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THYRATRON
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WHAT MODULATOR ELEMENT CONTROLS THE RATE AT WHICH THE STORAGE ELEMENT CHARGES?
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THE CHARGING IMPEDANCE
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WHAT IS THE FREQUENCY RANGE OF MAGENTRON OSCILLATORS?
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600-30,000 MEGAHERTZ
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WHAT 2 FORMS OF INSTABILITY ARE COMMON IN MAGNETRONS?
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MODE SKIPPING AND MODE SHIFTING
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WHAT IS THE EFFECT ON MAGNETRON OPERATION IF HTE MAGNETIC FIELD STRENGTH IS TOO HIGH?
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THE MAGNETRON WILL NOT OSCILLATE
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WHAT IS THE TYPICAL FREQUENCY RANGE ABOTU THE CENTER FREQUENCY OF A TUNABLE MAGNETRON?
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±5 percent
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WHAT IS THE PRIMARY ADVANTAGE OF POWER-AMPLIFIER TRANSMITTER OVER KEYED-OSCILLATOR TRANSMITTERS?
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FREQUENCY STABILITY
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WHAT TYPE OF KLYSTRON IS USED AS THE FINAL STAGE OF A POWER-AMPLIFIER TRANSMITTER?
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MULTICAVITY KLYSTRON
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WHAT TRANSMITTER COMPONENT ALLOWS THE RADIATION OF A LARGE NUMBER OF DISCRETE FREQUENCIES OVER A WIDE BAND?
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FREQUENCY SYNTHESIZER
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WHAT IS THE RESULT OF PULSING A PULSED RF AMPLIFIER WHEN NO RF IS PRESENT?
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OSCILLATIOINS AT AN UNDESIRED FREQUENCY
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WHAT TYPE OF SWITCHES ARE USED AS DUPLEXERS?
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ELECTRONIC
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WHAT TUBE IN A DUPLEXER HAS THE PRIMARY FUNCTION OF DISCONNECTING THE RECEIVER?
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TR TUBE
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HOW MAY THE TR TUBE IONIZATION SPEED BE INCREASED?
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APPLY KEEP-ALIVE VOLTAGE
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THE ACTIONS OF THE TR AND ATR CIRCUITS DEPEND ON THE IMPEDANCE CHARACTERISTICS OF WHAT LENGTH OF TRANSMISSION LINE?
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QUARTER-WAVELENGTH SECTION
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DURING WHICH OF THE TRANSMIT OR RECEIVE CYCLES ARE BOTH THE TR AND ATR TUBES OF A PARALLEL CONNECTED DUPLEXER IONIZED (ARCING)?
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TRANMIT
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IN A SERIES CONNECTED DUPLEXER, WHAT TUBE (TR OR ATR), IF ANY, FIRES DURING THE RECEIVE CYCLE?
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NEITHER FIRES
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TO PROPAGATE ENERGY DOWN AN ARM OF HYBRID RING DUPLEXER, THE 2 FIELDS AT THE JUNCTION OF THE ARM AND THE RING MUST HAVE WHAT PHASE RELATIONSHIP?
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180 DEGREES OUT OF PHASE
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WHAT IS THE GREATEST LIMITING FACTOR IN A RECEIVER'S DETECTABLE RANGE?
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NOISE
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WHAT TYPE OF RECEIVER IS MOST OFTEN USED IN RADAR SYSTEMS?
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SUPERHETERODYNE
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WHAT IF FREQUENCIES ARE NORMALLY USED IN RADAR RECEIVERS?
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30 OR 60 MEGAERTZ
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WHICH COMPONENT OF THE RECEIVER PRODUCES THE SIGNAL THAT IS MIXED WITH THE RECEIVED SIGNAL TO PRODUCT THE IF SIGNAL?
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LOCAL OSCILLATOR
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WHAT RECEIVER CIRCUIT ACTUALLY PRODUCES THE IF FREQUENCY?
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MIXER
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THE IF AMPLIFIERS ARE CONNECTED IN WHAT AMPLIFIER CONFIGURATION?
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CASCADE
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WHICH RECEIVER COMPONENT CONVERTS THE IF PULSES TO VIDEO PULSES?
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DETECTOR
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WHICH OF THE 2 TYPES OF AUTOMATIC GAIN CONTROL, AGC OR IAGC, IS MOST EFFECTIVE IN RADAR USE FOR THE NAVY?
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IAGC
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IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE TRANSMITTER FIRES, STC REDUCES THE RECEIVER GAIN TO WHAT LEVEL?
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ZERO
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HOW DOES FTC AFFECT RECEIVER GAIN, IF AT ALL?
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FTC HAS NO EFFECT ON RECEIVER GAIN
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WHAT TYPE OF TARGET HAS A FIXED PHASE RELATIONSHIP FROM ONE RECEIVING PERIOD TO THE NEXT?
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STATIONARY
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WHAT IS THE PHASE RELATIONSHIP BETWEENT EH DELAYED AND UNDELAYED VIDEO?
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OPPOSITE
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WHEN A LARGE SIGNAL AND A SMALL SIGNAL ARE APPLIED TO A LIN-LOG AMPLIFIER AT THE SAME TIME, WHAT IS THE EFFECT ON THE SMALL SIGNAL?
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AMPLIFICATION IS REDUCED
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WHAT HAPPENS TO THE OVERALL GAIN OF A LIN-LOG AMPLIFIER AS EACH STAGE SATURATES?
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DECREASES
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A MONOPULSE RECEIVER HAS HOW MANY SEPARATE CHANNELS?
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3
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IF A TARGET IS ON THE BEARING AXIS OF THE RADIATED BEAM, WHA TIS THE INPUT TO THE BEARING IF CHANNEL?
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0
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WHAT CHARATERISTIC OF THE BEARING AND ELEVATION OUTPUT SIGNALS DETERMINES THE DIRECTION OF THE ANTENNA MOVEMENT?
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PHASE
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WHAT SIGNAL IS USED TO SYNCHRONIZE THE COHERENT OSCILLATOR TO A FIXED PHASE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE TRANSMITTED PULSE?
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COHO LOCK PULSE
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