Amateur Extra · FCC ELEMENT 4

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Amateur Extra · FCC Element 4 · answer reveals automatically

What is the effect of aliasing on a digital oscilloscope when displaying a waveform?

AnswerA false, jittery low-frequency version of the waveform is displayed

Aliasing occurs when a waveform is sampled too slowly, causing a false lower-frequency and often jittery display.