[TenTec] Paragon II question

[joel hallas]

Ken,

Good to know. Certainly not "hi-fi" AM, but in good company. I believe 
that the Collins KWS-1 did "AM" the same way.

73, Joel, W1ZR

Ken Brown wrote:

>It is worth mentioning that the Paragon II when transmitting in "AM" 
>actually transmits SSB with reinserted carrier. You can select which 
>sideband you want to transmit on. You cannot transmit on both sidebands. 
>An AM detector can demodulate it, however it is not the same thing as 
>DSB AM. The sidebands pass through the same filter as is used for SSB 
>transmit, and you can expect the same audio bandwidth as with SSB. The 
>carrier is reinserted after the filter. You can listen to received AM 
>signals using the 6 kHz filter.
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>DE N6KB
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>>II allowed AM transmit while the original could only receive AM.
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