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dinofizz Post subject: defeating AGC? Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2007 5:45
am Lieutenant Joined: Tue Apr 03, 2007 5:16 am Posts:
2 Location: Johannesburg, South Africa hello my name is dino.
im an ee student who is doing a high frequency techniques course. we
have been given an antenna design assignment. we are to use an ordinary
fm radio to test our antenna. the aim is to design an antenna for a
specific fm frequency, and provide a filter solution such that interference
from neighbouring stations is minimised. this is very much a
"go out and explore the solution on your own" assignment with little
direction from the lecturer. we have been given a hint which says "signal
strength can quite easily be established by defeating the AGC which
automatically kicks in on low signal strength, by introducing attenuators.
At these frequencies ordinary carbon resistors should do." how
does attenuation of the signal overcome a problem with the AGC? why
is the AGC a problem? i cant find much information on specifically defeating
the AGC with resistors. im a bit stuck on this part. any clarification
or help would be greatly appreciated. Top darcyrandall2004
Post subject: Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2007 7:08 am Colonel
Joined: Tue Feb 27, 2007 6:16 am Posts: 46 AGC stands
for Automatic Gain Control. If you remove the AGC from an AM radio,
then weak signals will be amplified to the same extent as strong signals.
The best antennae will then be indicated by producing the largest
sound at the speaker of the AM radio for the chosen test frequency.
Perhaps this is what your lecturer was asking of you.
Top dinofizz Post subject: Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2007
7:45 am Lieutenant Joined: Tue Apr 03, 2007 5:16 am
Posts: 2 Location: Johannesburg, South Africa darcyrandall2004
wrote: The best antennae will then be indicated by producing the
largest sound at the speaker of the AM radio for the chosen test frequency.
thanks that does explain things in simpler terms for me.
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