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What does the mixer in a superheterodyne receiver do?

  • A.Recovers the audio from the envelope
  • B.Selects between the upper and lower sidebands
  • C.Translates the signal to the intermediate frequency
  • D.Amplifies the signal at its original frequency

Answer: C

The mixer combines the incoming signal with the local oscillator and produces the difference, so every station arrives at one fixed intermediate frequency where the gain and selectivity can be provided once. Amplification at the signal frequency is the preselector's small contribution. Audio recovery is the detector's job. And sideband selection belongs to single sideband receivers. The translation is the single idea that made the architecture universal.

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