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Question 57

Which mode of voice communication is most commonly used on the HF amateur bands?

  1. Frequency modulation
  2. Double sideband
  3. Single sidebandCorrect answer
  4. Single phase modulation

Explanation

SSB dominates HF voice because it fits a usable voice channel into roughly 3 kHz and puts all of the transmitter output into the part of the signal that carries information. FM needs far more bandwidth than a crowded HF band can spare, and full double sideband with carrier spends most of its power on redundancy.

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