Apparently you DIDN'T read Grant's post. That is WHERE the KWS-1 was
spoken about.
Try: <http://www.collinsradio.org/html/kws-1.html>
As to SSB, the KWS-1 IS fine. As to AM - It transmits a carrier and
ONLY one SIDEBAND. Thereby being POOR for DSB with carrier since it
ONLY O-N-E sideband with CARRIER.
Therefore my comment that IT has ISSUES!
I have owned an S-Line station with 312B-4. Precisely a 32S-3A, 75S-3A,
and a 516F-2 power supply in the external speaker As to which amplifier
used is UNIMPORTANT. Albeit I do prefer the 30S-1.
SSB is fine for narrow bandwidth comms. It's one reason that Uncle Sam
went to it.
For pure audio quality, I much prefer my BC-610 or T-213 with either my
SP-600 and/or the R-390A.
The KWS-1 has issues in that it transmits ONLY one sideband NOT both.
That is precisely WHY I passed by the one that was/is <eventually>
available WITH the matching receiver. Both are completely restored.
As such - it is a POOR example to cite for "AM vs SSB"
First a transmitter that transmits both sidebands is NOT SSB. SSB
means exactly SINGLE SIDE BAND. If a transmitter transmits both
sidebands it is DSB for Double Side Band...unless it also wastes time
with the carrier then it is AM.
And I did not refer to the KWS1 when I said the Collins properly tuned
had great audio. Or, actually I said it didn't sound like donald
duck. BUT...my 1958 S-Line, 32S1, 75S1 and 30L1 does have great audio
that sounds like you are sitting across the room from the other party.
It was precisely because of the audio that in 1958 I fell in love with
the Collins S-Line series of communication gear.
Jim Isbell
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