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Automatic frequency control in an FM transmitter compares the oscillator with

  • A.A stable reference and corrects any drift
  • B.The message amplitude to set the deviation
  • C.The antenna current to hold the power constant
  • D.The receiver's local oscillator over the air

Answer: A

The loop mixes the modulated oscillator down against a crystal reference and feeds the error back to hold the centre frequency, with a time constant long enough not to cancel the wanted modulation. That last detail is the subtle part of the design. Deviation is set by the modulator's sensitivity. Power control is a separate loop. And no transmitter has access to a distant receiver's oscillator. The loop lets a drifting oscillator behave like a crystal-controlled one.

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