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Question 152

How does a noise blanker work?

  1. By temporarily increasing received bandwidth
  2. By redirecting noise pulses into a filter capacitor
  3. By reducing receiver gain during a noise pulseCorrect answer
  4. By clipping noise peaks

Explanation

Impulse noise such as ignition noise consists of very short high-amplitude bursts, so a noise blanker detects each pulse in a wide-bandwidth auxiliary channel and momentarily reduces receiver gain for its duration. The wanted signal is interrupted only for microseconds, which is inaudible, while the pulse is removed.

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Question 152: How does a noise blanker work? · FCC General Class (Element 3) · Questena