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The threshold effect in FM describes

  • A.The minimum deviation needed for detection
  • B.The level at which the limiter begins to act
  • C.The point at which pre-emphasis causes over-deviation
  • D.A rapid collapse of output quality below a certain input level

Answer: D

Above threshold FM gives a large signal-to-noise improvement; below it the output degrades abruptly rather than gracefully, which is why an FM link is either good or useless with little middle ground. AM degrades smoothly by comparison. Minimum deviation is a system design choice. Limiter action begins well below threshold. And over-deviation from pre-emphasis is a transmitter matter. The sharpness of the threshold is what makes FM link budgets less forgiving than AM ones.

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