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722 RADAR RELAY [SEC. 17.13<br />

relay links is a 100-Mc/sec frequency-modulated system. The equipment<br />

operates at four frequencies between 78 and 116 Me/see, channelchanging<br />

being accomplished in the receiver by a coil-switching mechanism<br />

and in the transmitter by plug-in coils. A block diagram is given in<br />

Fig. 17.18. The input signals are amplified and delivered push-pull to<br />

the deviator by a phase splitter. The deviator acts as a reactance tube,<br />

modulating an oscillator which operates at one-eighth the desired carrier<br />

frequency. Three stages of frequency-doubling and power amplification<br />

Signals<br />

Video<br />

amplifier<br />

Phase splitter<br />

Push.pull<br />

deviator<br />

Doubler<br />

25 Me/see<br />

Doubler<br />

12.5 Me/see Push.pull<br />

oscillator<br />

t<br />

t<br />

Y<br />

and doubler<br />

Detector<br />

Power monitor<br />

I<br />

Transmitter<br />

Discriminator<br />

Signal monitor<br />

I<br />

R.f amplifier Mixer If amplifier<br />

1<br />

Discriminator<br />

><br />

Video<br />

amplifier<br />

Signals<br />

Receiver<br />

FIG. 17.1 S.—100-Mc/sec frequency-modulated equipment.<br />

follow. The final stage consists of a pair of 4E27 tubes operated as a<br />

Class C amplifier with an average r-f output power of about 100 watts.<br />

The equipment is designed to accommodate a maximum video<br />

bandwidth of 2 Me/see. The oscillator gives a maximum linear frequency<br />

deviation of 0.5 Me/see. Thereforej in this and the first doubler<br />

stage the bandwidth need be only the 2 Me/see determined by the<br />

video frequencies involved. After a second doubling, the bandwidth<br />

is made 4 Me/see in order to support two sidebands on each side of<br />

the carrier. After the final doubling, a bandwidth of 6 Me/see would be<br />

required to support all the sidebands above 5 per cent, but it was found<br />

experimentally that distortion was not serious if the bandwidth were<br />

reduced to 4 hlc/sec. This simplified the amplifier design and resulted in<br />

higher r-f power than would otherwise have been available.

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