MCH wrote: > So you're saying the signal is more affected by multipath or fading? I > find that hard to believe, too, since that again implies that the tail > on a repeater would be similarly affected (being the extreme case of > lower deviation), and I've never seen the signal change on the tail vs a > modulated transmission. I've also never noticed multipath effects more > on a tail than a repeated transmission. > > Or is it that there is less 'tolerance' for distortion of the audio > signal? Sort of "it's easier to disrupt a lower bandwidth signal than a > higher bandwidth one"??? > > Well, regardless, I've never seen any signal effects based on the level > of deviation. Readability? Maybe. Range? Never. > > Joe M.
Readability and range are essentially the same thing. If you can't copy it, you're out of range. Your second paragraph has the bottom line. While there is less noise getting to the detector, hence better sensitivity on the bench, the lower modulation leaves less to recover, and it more than offsets the sensitivity.
