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Old June 27th 04, 04:32 PM
zatatime
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On Sun, 27 Jun 2004 00:30:12 GMT, Bob Moore
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zatatime wrote
Because FM band is a "Line of Sight" communications band.


That's true, but aviation band transmissions are Amplitude
Modulation (AM). Aviation transmissions are line-of-sight
because of the frequency, not the modulation type.

Bob Moore



Can you explain? 122.6 (for example) is an FM frequency, how does ATC
transmit on the AM band?

z