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What is the primary reason for the use of a crystal controlled oscillator for use as a transmitter?

Question 1 of 27070

What is the primary reason for the use of a crystal controlled oscillator for use as a transmitter?

🔍 Key Concepts

• Crystal controlled oscillator and how it behaves compared with LC (inductor-capacitor) oscillators • What characteristic of a transmitter must stay very constant so you remain on the assigned channel or frequency • How temperature and time affect oscillator performance

💭 Think About

• Ask yourself: What problem does a crystal actually solve in a radio transmitter that other simple oscillators do not? • Which of the answer choices describes a property that must be very precise so the signal does not "wander" off-channel? • Look at the terms: which option refers to something that must remain almost unchanged during operation rather than to how strong or how wide the signal is?

✅ Before You Answer

• Identify which option refers to how steady the operating frequency is over time and temperature, not how strong the signal is • Eliminate any options that mainly describe amplifier gain or bandwidth rather than control of transmit frequency • Recall that crystals are chosen and cut for a very specific resonant frequency that changes very little with normal operating conditions

Question 1 of 27070

What is the primary reason for the use of a crystal controlled oscillator for use as a transmitter?

No cross-modulation

Increase in gain

Frequency stability

Impedance gain and wider bandpass

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What is the primary reason for the use of a crystal controlled oscillator for use as a transmitter?

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What is the primary reason for the use of a crystal controlled oscillator for use as a transmitter?