Exercise 6-1

e Fixed-Frequency Receiver

EXERCISE OBJECTIVE
When you have completed this exercise, you will be able to identify the various
steps in the reception and demodulation process. You will evaluate the selectivity
and sensitivity of the receiver. You will also be able to observe the effect of the lim-
iter on the RF signal and plot the S-curve of the discriminator in the FM / PM
Receiver.

DISCUSSION
The fixed-frequency receiver you will be using has been designed to receive an
FM signal at a frequency of 10.7 MHz. -
A simplified block diagram of the receiver is silk-screened on the lower section of
the front panel of the FM / PM Receiver, as shown in Figure 6-1.

..

FM / PM RECEIVER oh. oft

11.

vnvu
vs 00% 0,
100,

MAX,
01f001./.01
rfl 11 1m

PW#1001,1
..,1 11
RI , la b 16
vow 00
11 inn
WI

Figure 6-1. Front panel of the FM / PM Receiver.

A more detailed block diagram in Figure 6-2 shows the points in the circuit where
observations and measurements will be made.

RF FILTER
TP8 _________ T P 4 _ _ _ _ _ _ T P 3 TP 5 ___________ TP2
RF FILTER I-0-.1 LIMITER ENVELOPE AUDIO
HRF FILTER
~ --N- DISCRIMINATOR
~
DETECTOR OUTPUT

Figure 6-2. Block diagram of the fixed-frequency receiver.

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