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Why does an FM receiver often need no automatic gain control?

  • A.The limiter makes the output independent of level
  • B.Its intermediate frequency amplifier has too little gain to overload
  • C.Its detector responds to frequency rather than to amplitude of the input
  • D.Broadcast FM signals arrive at a much more constant level than AM signals

Answer: A

Because the limiter already holds the amplitude constant, the output is independent of input level over a wide range and a gain control loop would add nothing. The strip has ample gain. The detector's frequency-sensitivity is real but it is the limiter that removes the amplitude dependence. And received FM levels vary as much as any other. A stage that solves a problem incidentally can make a whole subsystem unnecessary, which is worth noticing when comparing block diagrams.

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