Analogies are so confusing. That's much clearer than what Cotty said. <VBG>
Dave (Mine is a Fanta & Pepsi Max connection) On 8/12/05, Doug Franklin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, 11 Aug 2005 19:21:08 +0100, Cotty wrote: > > > All broadband means (and I am no techie) is 'large bandwidth' in terms of > > data it can transmit. That data can be voice or it can be computer > > communications data. > > Well, that's what it means in the common vernacular. Amongst > communications engineers, it has a different, and very specific > meaning, namely an information carrying RF signal that's modulated onto > a carrier frequency and is frequency bounded. The "opposite", > baseband, refers to an information carrying RF signal that has > frequency components from DC (0 Hz) to, effectively, infinity, > consuming all of the RF spectrum available on the transmission medium. > At least that's the deal if I correctly remember my commo engineering > training from long ago. > > TTYL, DougF KG4LMZ > > >
