FM BROADCASTING
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Provision of guard bands diminished adjacent-channel interference between FM
stations. Boosting of the highest modulating frequencies before transmission and their
attenuation after reception reduced noise. Thus it became possible to transmit
stereophonic sound. |
stadium. Multiplexing is similar to that. Time-division multiplexing divides a
wave (car) into time-slots (seats). Each slot carries a different voice or data signal
(one player from each team). We can combine several independent signals (playersof
different teams) and transmit them at a time. At the receiving end, another multiplexer
breaks the frame apart and presents each signal (player) to its respective receiver
(team). How stereo is
broadcast and received |
When we vary the amplitude of a radio wave according to changes in a sound wave,
we do amplitude modulation (AM). When we vary the frequency instead, we do
frequency modulation (FM). |
KHz only. They kept each channel 20 KHz wide to house maximum stations in this narrow band. Most AM stations actually use 15 KHz to avoid interference with adjacent channels. In practice the highest audio frequency that an AM station can carry is half of its carrier frequency. Hencein this case it is only 7.5 KHz or 7,500 Hz. Butradio receiver must reproduce the entire span upto 20,000 Hz in order togive high-fidelity sound. Since that is not possible in |
Special radio receiver separates and restores the channels to their
original pattern. |
get the left channel and subtract them to get the right. We amplify each
channel separately to produce stereophonic effect. |
| discern useful
signals from disturbances. That is why AM reception is often noisy.
Lack
of fidelity: Humans can hear frequencies from 15 to 15,000 Hz, and sense them upto 20,000 Hz. When pioneers set up the first broadcast stations, electronic components could handle 500 to 1,600 |
AM, it cannot reproduce realistic music. |
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