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Re: Start of FM band

To: "A. Joseph Ross" <lawyer@world.std.com>, Boston Radio <boston-radio-interest@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>
Subject: Re: Start of FM band
From: Larry Weil <kc1ih@mediaone.net>
Date: Wed, 6 Oct 1999 01:00:32 -0400
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>On 5 Oct 99,  Larry Weil wrote:
>
>> But, doesn't the whole signal (including all
>> sidebands) have to be above 87.9?  Clearly, a
>> station with a carrier frequency of 87.9 would have
>> sidebands below that frequency.
>
>I've never before heard any reference to sidebands on an FM signal.  Does
>an FM signal have sidebands?

The M in FM stands for modulation.  Modulation = sidebands.

Thus, any signal other than a dead carrier has sidebands.

---
Larry Weil
Lake Wobegone, NH

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