AM is obsolete ?

[NorthStar34]

AM mode of CB is still where most operators talk. But why ? Isn't AM pretty much a obsolete mode for communications? Why don't more CBer's use SSB?



Just curious.


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[buckwhite]

just my views and an observation of cb'rs that i talk with. a few of the reasons i feel more cb'rs dont use ssb are. ssb is one step away from being a ham for someone who doesnt have a ham ticket. and just as many cb'rs frown on one of their own getting their ticket as the hams frown on their own when they find out that you talk on the "Charlie Brown Band", (not to be confused with the "Charlie Daniels Band") the use of proper (this word being used very loosely) codes and phrases to describe another persons station or otherwise used to talk in sort of a code. why not just say what you mean instead of using the q codes, people annoy the hell out of me when they would rather learn the q codes and speak them (lots of times inappropriatley) instead of just saying what they mean. people the q codes are for sending code in my opinion. the snotty attitude that some ssb'rs and hams have. its also a little more complicated mode of operation for new users. i have lots more reasons but if i go on then it may offend some people and that is not who i am, so i say just use whatever mode of operation you like. the only mode of operation that is obsolete is the two cans tied together with string...


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[Sonwatcher]

I do like talking AM in the evening local. That is about the only time you can hear each other as daytime noise and skip is horrible. For distance I like 38LSB on the regular 40. It's a good ssb channel. In the evening Stonecrusher and I can talk to Gettsyburg which is about 80 miles from us on AM.

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[AudioShockwav]

Obsolete, well maybe, but then again, you might say the same thing for cw, there are better modes today. SSB, is the best bang for the buck if you are going to work DX, but to sit around at night and ragchew with the locals AM is just fine, I do like the sound of a properly set-up am station, A lot of the older rigs(and some of the newer ones if properly tuned) can have a warm rich sound that you will never hear on SSB because of the nature of how the two modes differ. I think it is hard to describe it as obsolete, not as efficient, yes, but still a very viable (and used) mode of communications.





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Jeff


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[Moleculo]

Yeah, I can see the problem with that. I tried to show my girlfriend how to use SSB and adust the clarifier so I didn't sound like "mickey mouse" on the other side. After about 15 minutes, I gave up on that and said, "just go to AM" <img src=http://users.joplin.com/dutch64804/posticon34.gif ALT=":34"> <img src=http://users.joplin.com/dutch64804/posticon34.gif ALT=":34"> <img src=http://users.joplin.com/dutch64804/posticon34.gif ALT=":34">





Moleculo


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[NorthStar34]

ESSB doesn't seem to be popular among CBer's. Not even seen a cb with that capability as of date.


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[JustinDePolis2]

Yeah but then you're defeating the purpose. Let's widen up the signal, and then have to widen up the RX filtering, never understood this. You widen up the signal, and it can become less efficient, if you widen up the receiver, then you're widening up the bandwidth for noise.


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[JustinDePolis2]

Good point freecell.


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[GT Pro Performer]

<blockquote>Quote:<hr> I can tell you a pretty good reason why folks (like truckers) don't use SSB. It is because so many CB radios are poorly tuned. A station can be off considerably on AM and most would never even notice, but SSB is not that way. I would wear the clarifier out on CH. 19 if SSB was the common mode of communication there. A good example of that is 38 LSB. I am working over the RIT dial on my Kenwood constantly. That usually doesn't happen on the Amateur bands. It is much more common for a station to be right on frequency.



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