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VLF LF MF HF VHF Uhf SHF Ehf: Resonance

In a resonant circuit, the capacitive and inductive reactances cancel each other out at a specific frequency called the resonant frequency. At resonance, the impedance is purely resistive and the current and voltage are in phase. Depending on how the circuit components are connected, resonance can result in very high or very low impedance. Tuned circuits use variable capacitors or inductors to adjust the resonant frequency and block or pass radio frequency signals of certain wavelengths.

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VLF LF MF HF VHF Uhf SHF Ehf: Resonance

In a resonant circuit, the capacitive and inductive reactances cancel each other out at a specific frequency called the resonant frequency. At resonance, the impedance is purely resistive and the current and voltage are in phase. Depending on how the circuit components are connected, resonance can result in very high or very low impedance. Tuned circuits use variable capacitors or inductors to adjust the resonant frequency and block or pass radio frequency signals of certain wavelengths.

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RESONANCE

In a circuit with both capacitive and inductive reactance, at some frequency the two types of reactance will be equal. At that frequency, the effects of the capacitor and inductor cancel. The ac current and voltage are brought exactly back in step with each othera condition called resonance. The frequency at which resonance occurs is the resonant frequency. When a circuit is resonant, opposition to the flow of current, ac or dc, is as if only resistance was presentno reactance. At resonance, impedance is said to be purely resistive. Depending on how the circuit components are connected, the cancellation of capacitive and inductive reactance at resonance can result in very high or very low impedance to ac signals. If a resonant circuit is used to optimize a circuits performance, that is a tuned circuit. If variable capacitors or inductors are used, the resonant frequency of the circuit can be varied. By placing tuned circuits at the right point in a circuit, they can be used to block or pass ac signals. Signals that have a frequency greater than 20,000 Hz (or 20 kHz) are radio frequency or RF signals. The range of frequencies of RF signals is called the radio spectrum. It starts at 20 kHz and continues through several hundred GHz, a thousand million times higher in frequency! Signals below 20 kHz are audio frequency or AF signals. For convenience, the radio spectrum of Figure 2-20 is divided into ranges of frequencies that have similar characteristics as shown in Table 2-3. Frequencies above 1 GHz are Table 2-3 RF Spectrum Ranges
Range Name Very Low Frequency
Low Frequency Medium Frequency High Frequency Very High Frequency Ultra High Frequency Super High Frequency Extremely High Frequency

Abbreviation VLF
LF MF HF VHF UHF SHF EHF

Frequency Range 3 kHz - 30 kHz


30 kHz - 300 kHz 300 kHz - 3 MHz 3 MHz - 30 MHz 30 MHz - 300 MHz 300 MHz - 3 GHz 3 GHz - 30 GHz 30 GHz - 300 GHz

ARRL0011

AM

Shortwave

VHF TV FM

UHF Mobile TV Phones

VLF
3 kHz audio 30 kHz

LF
300 kHz radio

MF
3 MHz

HF
30 MHz

VHF
300 MHz

UHF
3 GHz

SHF
30 GHz

EHF
300 GHz

Low Frequencies Long Wavelengths

High Frequencies Short Wavelengths

Figure 2-20The radio spectrum extends over a very wide range of frequencies. The drawing shows the frequency ranges used by broadcast and mobile phones. Amateurs can use small frequency bands in the HF and higher frequency regions of the spectrum.

Radio and Electronics Fundamentals

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