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Treasure Hunting
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WHY is Multi IQ, BBS, FBS Better than single frequency?
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<blockquote data-quote="hAyyoUinAU" data-source="post: 424343" data-attributes="member: 10637"><p>Taken from Part 2</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.minelab.com/anz/go-minelabbing/treasure-talk/equinox-technologies-part-2" target="_blank">https://www.minelab.com/anz/go-minelabbing/treasure-talk/equinox-technologies-part-2</a></p><p></p><p>For each frequency the detector transmits and receives there are two signals which can be extracted which we refer to as I and Q. The Q signal is most sensitive to targets, while the I signal is most sensitive to iron content. Traditional single-frequency metal detectors use the Q signal to detect targets, and then use the ratio of the I and Q signals to assess the characteristics of the target and assign a target ID. The problem with this approach is that the I signal is sensitive to the iron content of the soil. The target ID is always perturbed by the response from the soil, and as the signal from the target gets weaker, this perturbation becomes substantial. With some simplification here for brevity, if a detector transmits and receives on more than one frequency, it can ignore the soil sensitive I signals, and instead look at the multiple Q signals it receives in order to determine a target ID. That way, even for weak targets or highly mineralised soils, the target ID is far less perturbed by the response from the soil. This leads to very precise target IDs, both in mineralised soils and for targets at depth.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hAyyoUinAU, post: 424343, member: 10637"] Taken from Part 2 [url]https://www.minelab.com/anz/go-minelabbing/treasure-talk/equinox-technologies-part-2[/url] For each frequency the detector transmits and receives there are two signals which can be extracted which we refer to as I and Q. The Q signal is most sensitive to targets, while the I signal is most sensitive to iron content. Traditional single-frequency metal detectors use the Q signal to detect targets, and then use the ratio of the I and Q signals to assess the characteristics of the target and assign a target ID. The problem with this approach is that the I signal is sensitive to the iron content of the soil. The target ID is always perturbed by the response from the soil, and as the signal from the target gets weaker, this perturbation becomes substantial. With some simplification here for brevity, if a detector transmits and receives on more than one frequency, it can ignore the soil sensitive I signals, and instead look at the multiple Q signals it receives in order to determine a target ID. That way, even for weak targets or highly mineralised soils, the target ID is far less perturbed by the response from the soil. This leads to very precise target IDs, both in mineralised soils and for targets at depth. [/QUOTE]
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