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Why does a superheterodyne receiver need a preselector at all, given the intermediate frequency filter?

  • A.The audio stage would otherwise overload
  • B.The intermediate filter cannot reject the image
  • C.The mixer needs a matched input impedance
  • D.The oscillator must be isolated from the antenna

Answer: B

The image mixes to the same intermediate frequency as the wanted signal, so no filter after the mixer can separate them and the rejection must happen before. Impedance matching is a secondary benefit of the input circuit. Oscillator isolation matters but is not the preselector's purpose. And audio overload is prevented by gain control. This is the same reasoning as anti-alias filtering, and it recurs wherever an operation is irreversible.

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