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[Broadcast List USER]

Pick a sideband, any sideband.

We would all be much better off if we were to move to single  
sideband.  It really doesn't matter which one, but everyone needs to  
use the same one.

The interference on the AM Broadcast Band would go to less than  
half.  While we are at it, we could reduce the carrier to some very  
small amount, maybe 10 or 20%.  With NO carrier, most radios would  
have issues, but reduced carrier would not be a problem.

On Feb 27, 2009, at 6:00 AM, broadcast-request at radiolists.net wrote:

> Message: 12
> From: "Burt I. Weiner" <biwa at att.net>
>
> The typical receiver has an envelope detector and sums the two
> sidebands.  It's really only necessary to have one sideband in order
> to properly recover the audio.  Any difference between the two
> sidebands due to propagation or any other sideband distortion causes
> the two sidebands to add together and sometimes in a not so nice
> way.  This is part of the reason for the severe distortion that
> results from selective sideband fading.  Reducing or eliminating one
> of the sidebands could be a good thing.
>
> The station is not moved from its assigned frequency and 20 Hz
> tolerance.  It's strictly to do with the amplitude of one of the
> sidebands.  Pick one.
>
> Burt