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AM Voice

Amplitude modulation: a steady carrier with sidebands. The carrier shows as a bright centre spike.

Bandwidth
~8 kHz
Category
voice
Duty
Continuous
Best demod
AM

How it looks on a waterfall

A bright central carrier line flanked by two symmetric audio sidebands.

Where you'll hear it

Aircraft band (118–137 MHz), AM broadcast, CB radio.

See it live

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