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- From: bcoleman@hayes.com (Bill Coleman)
- Newsgroups: rec.models.rc
- Subject: Re: AM vs FM AGAIN? - Have Mercy
- Message-ID: <5979.2ab5bfbc@hayes.com>
- Date: 15 Sep 92 10:49:31 EDT
- References: <1992Aug17.172709.28039@usceast.cs.scarolina.edu> <1992Sep5.042114.3993@nntpd.lkg.dec.com> <BuKoo1.Ixs@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu>
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- In article <BuKoo1.Ixs@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu>, ntaib@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Iskandar Taib) writes:
- >
- > There isn't anything magical about dual conversion + AM. Dual conversion
- > simply means that the receiver uses two intermediate frequencies instead
- > of one. Single conversion receivers use 455 KHz for the IF, so the osci-
- > llator crystal on the receiver (which is mixed with the incoming RF) is
- > 455 KHz above or below the frequency to be detected. A filter then admits
- > 455 KHz to the rest of the receiver. Problem is with the megahertz wide band
- > we operate in these days the frequencies at the top and bottom of the band
- > may interfere with the ones in the middle.
-
- Usually the problem is with "images" at twice the IF frequency away from
- the channel. For 455 KHz IFs, this would be 910 KHz above or below the
- channel (whatever side the crystal is on). Careful selection of crystals
- would permit operation on all channels with no chance of image receiption
- within the MHz- wide band.
-
- > Double conversion receivers get around this by using a 10 MHz or so IF,
- > with a 455 KHz second stage. Such receivers are also supposedly better
- > at discriminating between adjacent signals.
-
- And they are. Lots better.
-
- > Now: Whats to prevent someone on a totally different band (i.e. 10 MHz
- > away) from interfering with you?
-
- Well, the first IF is usually 10.7 MHz, so the interfering image signal
- would have to be 21.4 MHz away.
-
- This isn't usually a problem. You see, before the first mixer stage (where
- the crystal and channel frequencies are mixed to form the IF), there's a bit
- of filtering that takes place. This filter has a hard time rejecting something
- that is only 910 KHz away, but no problem eliminating very strong signals
- 21.4 MHz away.
-
- It isn't foolproof, of course, but it works well. I'd recommend dual
- conversion receivers in any case.
-
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