Character large sieve

For coefficients supported on $N$ consecutive integers,The star restricts to primitive Dirichlet characters. Their finite Fourier transform of a primitive Dirichlet character has normalization of absolute value $\sqrt{q}$. Orthogonality of Dirichlet characters therefore bounds the weighted contribution for one modulus by ${\sum }_{\begin{array}{c}a\mathrm{mod}q\\ (a,q)=1\end{array}}|{\sum }_n{a}_{n}e(an/q){|}^2$. Sum over $q$ and use the exponential-sum large sieve on the distinct reduced fractions of denominators at most $Q$.