Receiver and non-transitory computer readable medium storing program

A receiver comprising:

• a received-signal amplification circuit configured to amplify a received signal;
• a gain control circuit configured to rectify the amplified received signal to calculate an absolute value, to smooth the rectified received signal to a signal value, to calculate a difference value between the signal value and a predetermined reference value, and to set a gain setting value for an AGC operation, based on the difference value, in the received-signal amplification circuit, the AGC operation being an operation for making an amplitude of the amplified received signal fall within a predetermined range;
• and
• a pulse detection circuit configured to detect that a pulse noise is contained in the received signal when a period that is required for a change in the gain setting value in a period during which the signal value is larger than the predetermined reference value is shorter than a predetermined period threshold and a quantity of the change is larger than a predetermined variation threshold, wherein
• when it is detected that the pulse noise is contained in the received signal, the gain control circuit sets the gain setting value immediately before the occurrence of the pulse noise as the gain setting value immediately after the occurrence of the pulse noise in the received-signal amplification circuit.