AUTOMATIC GAIN CONTROL

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Information on Automatic gain control (AGC)

Automatic gain control (AGC) is the mechanism inside a radio receiver that automatically increases or decreases the gain of the various stages of a receiver so that, no matter how the received signal fluctuates, the operator hears a constant output.


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