COMPILATIONS OF PROBLEMS BY LOUIS FRENZEL Ans: 85 W

8. An AM transmiiter antenna current is measured

1. A frequency of 27MHz has a wavelength of with no modulation and found to be 2.6 A. With
approximately modulation, the current rises to 2.9 A. The
a. 11 m percentage of modulation is
b. 27 m a. 35 percent
c. 30 m b. 70 percent
d. 81 m c. 42 percent
Ans: 11m d. 89 percent
2. A signal occupies the spectrum space from 1.115 Ans: 70 percent
to 1.122 GHz. The bandwidth is 9. What is the carrier power in the problem above if
a. 0.007 MHz the antenna resistance is 75 ohms?
b. 7 MHz a. 195 W
c. 237 MHz b. 631 W
d. 700 MHz c. 507 W
Ans: 7 MHz d. 792 W
3. The values of Vmax and Vmin as read from an AM Ans: 507 W
wave on an oscilloscope are 2.8 and 0.3. The 10. An input signal of 1.8 MHz is mixed with a local
percentage of modulation is oscillation of 5 MHz. A filter selects the difference
a. 10.7 percent signal. The output is
b. 41.4 percent a. 1.8 MHz
c. 80.6 percent b. 3.2 MHz
d. 93.3 percent c. 5 MHz
Ans: 80.6 percent d. 6.8 MHz
4. A carrier of 880 kHz is modulated by a 3.5 kHz sine Ans: 3.2 MHz
wave. The LSB and USB are, respectively, 11. The output of an SSB transmitter with a 3.85
a. 873 and 887 kHz MHz carrier and a 1.5 kHz sine wave modulating
b. 876.5 and 883.5 kHz tone is
c. 883.5 and 876.5 kHz a. a 3.8485-MHz sine wave
d. 887 and 873 kHz b. a 3.85-MHz sine wave
Ans: 876.5 and 883.5 kHz c. 3.85-, 3.8485-, and 3.8515-MHz sine
5. An AM signal has a carrier power of 5 W. The waves
percentage of modulation is 80 percent. The total d. 3848.5-, and 3851.5-MHz sine waves
sideband power is Ans: 3.85, 3.8485, and 3.8515 MHz
a. 0.8 W 12. An SSB transmitter produces a 400 V peak-to-
b. 1.6 W peak signal across a 52 ohms antenna load. The PEP
c. 2.5 W output is
d. 4.0 W a. 192.2 W
Ans: 1.6 W b. 384.5 W
6. For 100 percent modulation, what percentage of c. 769.2 W
power is in each sideband? d. 3077 W
a. 25 percent Ans: 384.5 W
b. 33.3 percent 13. An SSB transmitter has a PEP rating of 1 kW. The
c. 50 percent average output power is in the range of
d. 100 percent a. 150 to 450 W
Ans: 25 percent b. 100 to 300 W
7. An AM transmitter has a percentage of c. 250 to 333 W
modulation of 88. The carrier power is 440 W. The d. 3 to 4 kW
power in one sideband is Ans: 250 to 333 W
a. 85 W 14. A collector modulator has a supply voltage of 48
b. 110 W V. The peak-to-peak amplitude of the modulating
c. 170 W signal for 100 percent modulation is
d. 610 W a. 24 V
 b. 48 V 21. The maximum deviation of an FM carrier is 2 kHz
c. 96 V by a maximum modulating signal of 400 Hz. The
d. 120 V deviation ratio is
Ans: 96 V a. 0.2
15. A collector modulated transmitter has a supply b. 5
voltage of 24 V and a collector current of 0.5 A. The c. 8
modulator power for 100 percent modulation is d. 40
a. 6 W Ans: 5
b. 12 W 22. A 70 kHz carrier has a frequency deviation of 4
c. 18 W kHz with a 1000 Hz signal. How many significant
d. 24 W sideband pairs are produced?
Ans: 12 W a. 4
16. The inputs to a balanced modulator are 1 MHz b. 5
and a carrier of 1.5 MHz. The outputs are c. 6
a. 500 kHz d. 7
b. 2.5 MHz Ans: 7
c. 1.5 MHz 23. What is the bandwidth of the FM signal
d. All of the above described in question 13 above?
e. a and b a. 4 kHz
Ans: 500 kHz and 2.5 MHz b. 7 kHz
17. A crystal lattice filter has crystal frequencies of c. 14 kHz
27.5 and 27.502 MHz. The bandwidth is d. 28 kHz
approximately Ans: 14 kHz
a. 2 kHz 24. What is the relative amplitude of the third pair of
b. 3 kHz sidebands of an FM signal with m = 6?
c. 27.501 MHz a. 0.11
d. 55.502 MHz b. 0.17
Ans: 2 kHz c. 0.24
18. An SSB generator has a sideband filter centered d. 0.36
at 3.0 MHz. The modulating signal is 3 kHz. To Ans: 0.11
produce both upper and lower sidebands, the 25. A 200 kHz carrier is modulated by a 2.5 kHz
following carrier frequencies must be produced: signal. The fourth pair of sidebands are spaced from
a. 2.7 and 3.3 MHz the carrier by
b. 3.3 and 3.6 MHz a. 2.5 kHz
c. 2997 and 3003 MHz b. 5 kHz
d. 3000 and 3003 MHz c. 10 kHz
Ans: 2997 and 3003 kHz d. 15 kHz
19. An NE602 mixer IC has a difference output of Ans: 10 kHz
10.7 MHz. The input is 146.8 MHz. The local 26. An FM transmitter has a maximum deviation of
oscillator frequency is 12 kHz and a maximum modulating frequency of 12
a. 101.9 MHz kHz. The bandwidth by Carson’s rule is
b. 125.4 MHz a. 24 kHz
c. 131.6 MHz b. 33.6 kHz
d. 157.5 MHz c. 36.8 kHz
Ans: 157.5 MHz d. 48 kHz
20. A 100 MHz carrier is deviated 50 kHz by a 4 kHz Ans: 48 kHz
signal. The modulation index is 27. The maximum allowed deviation of the FM
a. 5 sound signal in TV is 25 kHz. If the actual deviation is
b. 8 18 kHz, the percent modulation is
c. 12.5 a. 43 percent
d. 20 b. 72 percent
Ans: 12.5 c. 96 percent
d. 139 percent
 Ans: 72% d. 55 MHz
28. An FM transmitter has a 9 MHz crystal carrier Ans: 55 MHz
oscillator and frequency multipliers of 2, 3, 4. The 35. A tuned circuit is resonant at 4 MHz. Its Q is 100.
output frequency is The bandwidth is
a. 54 MHz a. 400 Hz
b. 108 MHz b. 4 kHz
c. 216 MHz c. 40 kHz
d. 288 MHz d. 400 kHz
Ans: 216 MHz Ans: 40 kHz
29. To a match a 6 Ω amplifier impedance to a 72 Ω 36. A crystal filter has a 6 dB bandwidth of 2.6 kHz
antenna load, a transformer must have a turns and a 60 dB bandwidth of 14 kHz. The shape factor is
ration NP/NS of a. 0.186
a. 0.083 b. 5.38
b. 0.289 c. 8.3
c. 3.46 d. 36.4
d. 12 Ans: 5.38
Ans: 0.289 37. The upper and lower cutoff frequencies of a
30. A class C amplifier has a supply voltage of 24 V tuned circuit are 1.7 and 1.5 MHz respectively. The
and a collector current of 2.5 A. Its efficiency is 80 %. circuit Q is
The RF output power is a. 8
a. 24 W b. 10
b. 48 W c. 16
c. 60 W d. 24
d. 75 W Ans: 8
Ans: 48 W 38. The noise voltage across a 300 Ω input resistance
31. What values of L and C in an L network are to a TV set with a 6 MHz bandwidth and a
required to match a 10 Ω transistor amplifier temperature of 30oC is
impedance to a 50 Ω load at 27 MHz? a. 2.3 µV
a. L=47 nH, C=185 pF b. 3.8 µV
b. L=118 nH, C=236 pF c. 5.5µV
c. L=0.13 µH, C=220 pF d. 6.4 µV
d. L=0.3 µH, C=330 pF Ans: 5.5 μV
Ans: L = 118 nH, C = 236 pF 39. The stage gains in a superheterodyne are follows
32. A mixer has a signal input of 50 MHz and an LO RF amplifier, 10dB; mixer, 6dB; two IF amplifiers,
frequency of 59 MHz. The IF is each 33 dB; detector, -4 dB; AF amplifier, 28 dB. The
a. 9 MHz total gain is
b. 50 MHz a. 73 dB
c. 59 MHz b. 82 dB
d. 109 MHz c. 106 dB
Ans: 9 MHz d. 139 dB
33. A receiver has a desired input signal of 18 MHz Ans: 106
and an LO frequency of 19.6 MHz. The image 40. A tuned circuit resonates at 12 MHz with an
frequency is inductance of 5 μH whose resistance is 6 Ω. The
a. 1.6 MHz circuit bandwidth is
b. 18 MHz a. 98 kHz
c. 19.6 MHz b. 191 kHz
d. 21.2 MHz c. 754 kHz
Ans: 21.2 MHz d. 1.91 MHz
34. For best image rejection, the IF for a 30 MHz Ans: 191 kHz
signal would be 41. A 50 Ω coax is connected to a 73 Ω antenna. The
a. 455 kHz SWR is
b. 3.3 MHz a. 0.685
c. 9 MHz b. 1
 c. 1.46 49. A coax has a velocity factor of 0.68. What is the
d. 2.92 length of a half wave at 30 MHz?
Ans: 1.46 a. 11.2 ft
42. The minimum voltage along a transmission line is b. 12.9 ft
260 V, while the maximum voltage is 390 V. The SWR c. 15.6 ft
is d. 16.4 ft
a.0.67 Ans: 11.2 ft
b. 1.0 50. A rectangular waveguide has a width of 1 in. and
c. 1.2 a height of 0.6 in. Its cutoff frequency is
d. 1.5 a. 2.54 GHz
Ans: 1.5 b. 3.0 GHz
43. Three feet is one wavelength at a frequency of c. 5.9 GHz
a. 100 MHz d. 11.8 GHz
b. 164 MHz Ans: 5.9 GHz
c. 300 MHz 51. A pyramidal horn used at 5 GHz has an aperture
d. 328 MHz that is 7 by 9 cm. he gain is about
Ans: 328 MHz a. 10.5 dB
44. The length of a doublet at 27 MHz is b. 11.1 dB
a. 8.67 ft c. 22.6 dB
b. 17.3 ft d. 35.8 dB
c. 18.2 ft Ans: 10.5 db
d. 43.67 ft 52. Given the frequency and dimensions in Question
Ans: 17.33 ft 34 above the beamwidth is about
45. The length of a ground plane vertical at 146 MHz a. 27 degrees
is b. 53 degrees
a. 1.6 ft c. 60 degrees
b. 1.68 ft d. 80 degrees
c. 2.05 ft Ans: 53 degrees
d. 3.37 ft 53. Ten bit errors occur in two million transmitted.
Ans: 1.6 ft The bit error rate is
46. A coax has an attenuation of 2.4 db per 100 ft. a. 2 x 10^5
The attenuation for 275 ft is b. 5 x 10^5
a. 2.4 dB c. 5 x 10^6
b. 3.3 dB d. 2 x 10^6
c. 4.8 dB Ans: 5 x 10^6
d. 6.6 dB 54. What is the minimum bandwidth required to
Ans: 6.6 db transmit a 56 kbits/s binary signal with no noise?
47. An antenna has a power gain of 15. The power a. 14 kHz
applied to the antenna is 32 W. The effective b. 28 kHz
radiated power is c. 56 kHz
a. 15 W d. 112 kHz
b. 32 W Ans: 28 kHz
c. 120 W 55. Sixteen different levels (symbols) are used to
d. 480 W encode binary data. The channel bandwidth is 36
Ans: 480 W MHz. The maximum channel capacity is
48. A microwave-transmitting antenna is 550 ft high. a. 18 Mbits/s
The receiving antenna is 200 ft high. The maximum b. 72 Mbits/s
transmission distance is c. 288 Mbits/s
a. 20 mi d. 2.176 Gbits/s
b. 33.2 mi Ans: 288 Mbits/s
c. 38.7 mi 56. What is the bandwidth required to transmit at a
d. 53.2 mi rate of 10Mbits/s in the presence of a 28-db S/N
Ans: 53.2 mi. ratio?
 a. 1.075 MHz 64. A receive channel frequency is 872.4 MHz. To
b. 5 MHz develop an 82.2 MHz IF, the frequency synthesizer
c. 10 MHz must supply an LO signal of
d. 10.75 MHz a. 790.2 MHz
Ans: 1.075 MHz b. 827.4 MHz
57. Which cable length has the highest attenuation? c. 954.6 MHz
a. 1km d. 967.4 MHz
b. 2km Ans: 954.6 MHz
c. 95 ft 65. The time from the transmission of a radar pulse
d. 500 ft to its reception is 0.12 ms. The distance to the target
Ans: 2 km is how many nautical miles?
58. A distance of 8 km is the same as a. 485 nmi
a.2.5 mi b. 9.7 nmi
b. 5 mi c. 11.2 nmi
c. 8 mi d. 18.4nmi
d. 12.9 mi Ans: 9.7 nmi
Ans: 5 mi 66. The pulse duration of a radar signal is 600 ns. The
59. A fiber-optic cable has a loss of 15 db/km. The PRF is 185 pulses per second. The duty cycle is
attenuation in a cable 1000ft long is a. 1.1 %
a. 4.57 dB b. 5.5 %
b. 9.3 dB c. 31 %
c. 24 dB d. 47 %
d. 49.2 dB Ans: 1.1 %
Ans: 4.57 dB 67. If a TV sound transmitter has a carrier frequency
60. Fiber-optic with attenuations of 1.8, 3.4, 5.9 and of 197.75 MHz, the picture carrier is
18 dB are linked together. The total loss is a. 191.75 MHz
a. 7.5 dB b. 193.25 MHz
b. 19.8 dB c. 202.25 MHz
c. 29.1 dB d. 203.75 MHz
d. 650 dB Ans: 193.25 MHz
Ans: 29.1 dB
61. The product of the bit rate and distance of a
fiber-optic system is 2Gbits-km/s. What is the
maximum rate at 5 km?
a. 100 Mbits/s
b. 200 Mbits/s
c. 400 Mbits/s
d. 1000 Mbits/s
Ans: 400 Mbits/s
62. Receive channel 22 is 870.66 MHz. Receive
channel 23 is
a. 870.36 MHz
b. 870.63 MHz
c. 870.96 MHz
d. 870.69 MHz
Ans: 870.69 MHz
63. A transmit channel has a frequency of 837.6
MHz. The receive channel frequency is
a. 729.6 MHz
b. 827.6 MHz
c. 867.6 MHz
d. 882.6 MHz
Ans: 882.6 MHz