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This document contains an assignment submission from Laarnie C. Castillano, a student at Agusan del Sur State College of Agriculture and Technology. The assignment includes 20 multiple choice and calculation questions related to communication systems and electromagnetic waves. Key topics covered include common communication media, modulation/demodulation, radio frequencies, bandwidth calculations, and signal properties like wavelength and frequency.

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Agusan Del Sur State College of Agriculture and Technology

This document contains an assignment submission from Laarnie C. Castillano, a student at Agusan del Sur State College of Agriculture and Technology. The assignment includes 20 multiple choice and calculation questions related to communication systems and electromagnetic waves. Key topics covered include common communication media, modulation/demodulation, radio frequencies, bandwidth calculations, and signal properties like wavelength and frequency.

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AGUSAN DEL SUR STATE COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY

Bunawan, Agusan del Sur

Name: LAARNIE C. CASTILLANO Subject: ECE O5


Course/Year: BS ECE 4 Date Submitted:August 24, 2018

Assignment #1

1. List five types of media used in communication, and state which three are the most
commonly used.
Answer: Telegraph, telephone, radio, television and internet. The three most commonly
used are television, internet and telephone.
2. _________ a device used to convert an information signal to a signal compatible with a
medium over which it is being transmitted.
Answer: Modulator
3. What is a transceiver?
Answer: Communication equipment incorporates circuits that both send and receive, have
both transmitter and receiver.
4. Give three examples of one-way communication.
Answer: Television, radio and speeches.
5. What is the process of recovering an original signal called?
Answer: Demodulation or Detection
6. Calculate the wavelength of signals with frequencies of 1.5 kHz, 18 MHz and 22 GHz in miles,
feet and centimetre respectively.
Answer: •1.5kHz in miles
𝒄
ƛ=
𝒇
𝒄 𝟑𝒙𝟏𝟎𝟖 𝒎/𝒔
ƛ= = 𝟏.𝟓 𝒙𝟏𝟎𝟑𝑯𝒛 = 200 𝒙𝟏𝟎𝟑 m
𝒇
𝟏𝒎𝒊
200km(𝟏.𝟔𝟏𝒌𝒎)= 124.22 mi
•18 MHz in ft.
𝒄
ƛ=
𝒇
𝒄 𝟑𝒙𝟏𝟎𝟖 𝒎/𝒔
ƛ= = 𝟏𝟖𝒙𝟏𝟎𝟔𝑯𝒛 = 16.67 m
𝒇
𝟑.𝟐𝟖𝒇𝒕
16.67m( 𝟏.𝒎
)= 54.74 ft.
•22 GHz in cm.
𝒄
ƛ= 𝒇
𝒄 𝟑𝒙𝟏𝟎𝟖 𝒎/𝒔
ƛ= = = 1.36𝒙𝟏𝟎−𝟓 m
𝒇 𝟐𝟐 𝒙𝟏𝟎𝟏𝟐 𝑯𝒛
𝟏𝟎𝟎𝒄𝒎
1.36 𝒙𝟏𝟎−𝟓 m( 𝟏𝒎 )= 1.36𝒙𝟏𝟎−𝟑 cm or 0.00136 cm
7. What is the human hearing frequency range?
Answer: 20 to 20kHz.
8. What is the approximate frequency range of the human voice?
Answer: 300 to 3kHz.
9. List five major uses of UH band.
Answer: Land mobile, cellular telephones, radar and navigation and radio amateur.
10. In what segment of spectrum do TV channel 2 to 13 and FM broadcasting appear?
Answer: VHF or very high frequency with the range of 30 to 300 MHz.
11. What is underwater radar called?
AGUSAN DEL SUR STATE COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY
Bunawan, Agusan del Sur

Name: LAARNIE C. CASTILLANO Subject: ECE O5


Course/Year: BS ECE 4 Date Submitted:August 24, 2018
Answer: Sonar
12. What is a generic synonym for radio?
Answer: Stereo.
13. In what frequency range does the common AC power line frequency fall?
Answer: AC power line falls in Extremely Low Frequency that is 30-300 Hz range.
14. Calculate the frequency range of signals with wavelength of 40 m, 5m, and 8 cm.
𝒄 𝟑𝒙𝟏𝟎𝟖 𝒎/𝒔
Answer: 40 m →f = = = 7.5 MHz
ƛ 𝟒𝟎𝒎
𝒄 𝟑𝒙𝟏𝟎𝟖 𝒎/𝒔
5 m→ f = = = 60 MHz
ƛ 𝟓𝒎

𝒄 𝟑𝒙𝟏𝟎𝟖 𝒎/𝒔
8 cm or 0.08m→ f = = = 3.75 GHz
ƛ 𝟎.𝟎𝟖𝒎

15. Name two common household remote-control units, and state the type of media and
frequency ranges used for each. (10 pts)
Answer: Remote Control-Infrared
Cell phones-Microwaves
16. A commonly used frequency range is 906-935 MHz, what is the bandwidth?
Answer: BW= 𝒇𝟐 -𝒇𝟏 = 935 MHz-906MHz=29MHz
17. A TV occupies 6MHz bandwidth. If the upper frequency limit is 65 MHz, what is the lower
frequency unit?
Answer: BW= 𝒇𝟐 -𝒇𝟏
6MHz=65MHz- 𝒇𝟏
𝒇𝟏 =65MHz-6MHz=29MHz
18. A signal travels a distance of 86 ft. in the time it takes to complete one cycle. Compute the
𝒄 𝟏𝒎 𝟑×𝟏𝟎𝟖
frequency. Answer:f= = (86ft)= 𝟐𝟔.𝟐𝟐 =11.44MHz
𝒅 𝟑.𝟐𝟖𝒇𝒕
19. The maximum peaks of EM wave are separated by 16 in. distance. Calculate the frequency in
kHz.
Answer: 1m = 39.37 in
𝟏𝒎
16 in = 𝟑𝟗.𝟑𝟕 𝒊𝒏 = 𝟎. 𝟒𝟎𝟔 𝒎
𝒄 𝟑𝒙𝟏𝟎𝟖 𝒎/𝒔
𝒇=ƛ= 𝟎.𝟒𝟎𝟔𝒎
= 𝟕𝟑𝟖𝟏𝟖𝟕. 𝟓 𝒌𝑯𝒛
20. Given VP=20 volts, frequency of 60 Hz with time of 5 s and a pace 90 degrees. What is the
instantaneous voltage?
Answer: 𝑽𝒊 = 𝑽𝒑 × 𝐬𝐢𝐧(𝝎𝒕+∅)
= 20v× 𝐬𝐢𝐧((𝟐𝝅 × 𝟔𝟎 × 𝟓) + 𝟗𝟎°))
𝑽𝒑 =20v

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