Greetings Ed!   
      
    TW>> I have no problem with that but it stil lstands that the Word   
    TW>> "Carrier" is a Standard term  used to describe the RF signal   
    TW>> eninating form a transmitter.   
      
    RW>> Then how do you explain the non-carrier of a SSB transmission?   
      
    EV> Howdy! Roy,   
      
    EV> I learned SSB has a Surpressed Carrier, the Carrier is still there   
    EV> it's just not at Full Strength.   
      
    EV> Does that sound correct to You?   
      
   No. If you do as I have done and key the mic on a SSB xmitter, there is   
   nothing shown on a Bird wattmeter until you modulate the radio. Then the   
   wattmeter's needle will bounce up and down, according to the modulation.   
      
   So, the carrier that isn't there on key up, might be there in theory, but   
   it won't be there, even when the xmitter is modulated.   
      
    EV> At least You Are getting some Traffic in this echo.   
      
   I bring controversy to everywhere I go. 8^)   
      
      
       Have a day!   
      
            R\%/itt - K5RXT   
      
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