Abstract: A system for eliminating a noise from a stereo signal is disclosed comprising first and second signal paths to which an input stereo signal is applied simultaneously, storage means provided in the first signal path for storing an audio signal component, a pilot tone signal component and a sub-signal component of the stereo signal, the output of the storage means being grounded through a switch that is on when no noise exists, said switch being turned off when a noise exists in the stereo signal and extracting only the noise component by cancelling each signal component by its counterpart stored in the storage means, said noise component being phase inverted to be applied to the output of the second signal path.

Abstract: A receiver includes demodulator, squelch gating and squelch circuit for controlling the gating. A blanking circuit, responsive to impulse type noise, prevents impulse noise energy from contributing to the control of the gating.

Abstract: A signal holding circuit is disclosed in which a parallel circuit of a constant current source circuit comprising a transistor having a constant voltage supplied to a base thereof and a hold capacitor is connected to an emitter follower transistor, a first control transistor is connected between a base of the emitter follower transistor and ground, a second control transistor is connected between the base of the transistor of the constant current source circuit and ground, and a control pulse corresponding in time to a duration of the pulsive noise is applied to the bases of the first and second control transistors to render the first and second control transistors conductive only during the application of the control pulse so that a charging time constant of the hold capacitor during the conduction of the emitter follower transistor is reduced and a discharging time constant of the hold capacitor during the cutoff of the emitter follower capacitor is increased.