Some still use AM in the lower bands and they are not popular types. Arrogant, abusive, and not very well educated.
You must have heard my plate modulation on 80m . Or was it the class "E" deck?
The Viking II and the NCL-2000 maybe?
CK , ever get your BC to 80m TX project off the ground ?
Yeah , I'm an arrogant bastich . Any SSB operator that doesn't have the operating sense or talent to steer 6-7KHz clear of my carrier deserves what he gets. Most of us don't even know when a SSB signal intrudes because a BFO is rarely employed on receive.
Creating an operating window of just over 25KHz within 3MHz sure is abusive ...
FM on CB was the question ? UK had nothing else for decades. Yes it could be heard at peak cycle even here (CN87tm) . Is it effective? Depends. If enough for full discrimination/detection then yes it's wonderful. Coupled with a brain dead squelch, minimal antenna and obstructions, piss poor audio, and a lame VOX it totally suxors.
When a SSB signal falls into the noise you may be able to get enough syllables to make out the words. When an FM signal falls into the noise it's gone.
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Tallman, please take it in the spirit it was meant