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capture effect

A phenomenon, associated with FM reception, in which only the stronger of two signals at or near the same frequency will be demodulated. (188) Note 1: The complete suppression of the weaker signal occurs at the receiver limiter, where it is treated as noise and rejected. Note 2: When both signals are nearly equal in strength, or are fading independently, the receiver may switch from one to the other. Synonym FM capture effect.

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