AMPLITUDE MODULATION FUNDAMENTALS

Quiz (20.01.2011)

1. Define modulation.
2. What is the ideal percentage of modulation for maximum amplitude of information transmission?
3. The maximum peak-to-peak value of an AM wave is 45V. The peak-to-peak value of modulating signal is
20V. What is the percentage modulation?
4. An AM radio transmitter operating on 3.9MHz is modulated by frequencies up to 4kHz. What are the
maximum upper and lower side frequencies? What is the total bandwidth of the AM signal?
5. How much power appears in one sideband of an AM signal of a 5 kW transmitter modulated by 80 percent?
6. What is the total power supplied by an AM transmitter with a carrier power of 2500W and the modulation
of 77 percent?
7. An AM signal has a 12W carrier and 1.5W in each sideband. What is the percentage of modulation?
8. An SSB transmitter with a carrier of 2.3MHz is modulated by an intelligence signal in the 150Hz to 4.2kHz
range. Calculate the frequency range of the lower sideband.
9. Can intelligence be sent without a carrier? If so, how?
10. How is the output power of an SSB transmitter expressed?
11. Explain how u could transmit two independent baseband information signals by using SSB on a
common carrier frequency.
12. Can an information signal have a higher frequency than the carrier signal? What would happen if a
10kHz signal amplitude-modulated a 1kHz carrier signal?