Radio Amateur Quiz Canadian License

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Question A-006-003-002

Which of the following is a purpose of the first IF amplifier stage in a receiver?

Correct Answer

To improve selectivity and gain

Explanation

The IF amplifier stages provide most of the receiver's overall gain and, critically, contain the highly selective filters (e.g., crystal, mechanical) that determine the receiver's bandwidth and adjacent-channel rejection.

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