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Old 10-12-2017, 03:15 PM
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Originally Posted by miniman82 View Post
The actual terms are next to meaningless, but I recall someone telling me it’s actually more correct in most cases to call narrowband circuits ‘equiband’ since most difference circuits have about the same frequency response in both axis. Maybe it was wayne?
Yes, the major difference is non-equiband (I/Q) vs. equiband; a secondary difference is how wide the equiband demods are. Generally, if the demods are "high level" (have high gain and are coupled to the CRT without further amplification) they will have more roll-off due to stray capacitance than a "low level" demod that is followed by an additional stage of amplification (like the RCA X/Z system). The X/Z system was truly a well-optimized trade-off of cost and performance, which was not improved on for many years.
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