The conclusion here may well be part of it. A coworker who worked in avionics in a former life told me that the use of AM for aircraft communications is indeed for the ease of tuning but also because a weaker station can be heard under a stronger one unlike with FM and its capture effect (likely true for digital). AM allows an air controller or other aircraft to hear an emergency call when another station is transmitting. Based on my experience, I have no reason to doubt his conclusion.
73, de Nate, N0NB >> Nate, that is exactly the reason AM is still used for aviation. 73 Bill NZ0T (old pilot). -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/Don-s-comments-on-ESSB-and-AM-tp7569294p7569345.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
