January 14, 2014

FCC Technician Exam Question Of The Day (T6D08)

Q) Which of the following is used together with an inductor to make a tuned circuit?

A) Capacitor


NJ2X Notes:
A tuned circuit is also called a resonant circuit and is made up of an inductor and a capacitor connected together.  A mechanical analog for a resonator circuit is the tuning fork which stores energy while oscillating at its resonant frequency.

Tuning fork oscillates and stores energy