[78-L] The Fading Sounds of Analog Technology ^

[Stewart, Joseph R]

David Lennick mentioned "...the sounds of other AM/FM stations heard between dialing from one to another... short wave radio 'sounds' ...the weird thing CB/Ham radio 'SSB' (Single Sideband) does to a human voice."

Now hold on there, pardner.
Since when are these sounds gone, faded or even extinct?  There are still plenty of radios that are (a) analog tuned, or (b), if digital, tune in less than the "standard" 9- or (in the Americas) 10-kHz "channelized" segments (admittedly mostly of the shortwave/communications-receiver variety, but still!).  There are also still plenty of SHORTWAVE radios in the world, and while those "sounds" aren't as plentiful as they used to be, they're still there.  And hams around the world, along with a lot of government agencies air navigation, etc., still utilize reduced-carrier single-sideband for voice communication on both shortwave frequencies and on the VHF/UHF ham bands.  

So there.
 
Randy Stewart
Arts Producer
KSMU
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Springfield MO 65897