[BC] Re: Super Modulation and distortion

[Alan Alsobrook]

OOps!!! I left out a critical word.. the recovered wave form would 
**not** be distorted

Alan Alsobrook wrote:

> You know I'm not sure on this weather it is necessarily distortion or 
> not. I haven't looked into how different asymmetry devices are producing 
> their output. But thinking about it a bit, if it's done by actually 
> shifting the DC level of the wave form, prior to sending it to a AM 
> transmitter, the recovered wave form would be distorted as a result of 
> the asymmetry.
And then add, until it reached the point that the transmitter could no 
longer handle the positive peaks with out distortion..

> Barry Mishkind wrote:
>>>>         But, isn't asymmetrical modulation really distortion by 
>>>> definition .
>>>>         It has been too many years, but I seem to recall that past
>>>>         around 150-170%, you are so asymmetrical that the
>>>>         distortion becomes annoying to the listener.
>>>>         ....voice not included.

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Alan Alsobrook CSRE CBNT
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