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Re: What's the Frequency, Kenneth?



<<On Tue, 2 Jan 2001 16:54:39 -0500 (EST), Sven Franklyn Weil <sven@gordsven.com> said:

> I thought the airplane band was 108MHz and above in the VHF band?  Do
> airplane radios modulate in AM or FM?

I believe it's AM.  Something about the capture effect being a Bad
Thing for safety-critical operations.

> Then you also have beacons broadcasting in AM on part of the LW band.

I think most beacons broadcast in CW, not AM.

-GAWollman