Radio Amateur Quiz Canadian License

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Question B-003-012-007

What happens to the signal of an overmodulated single-sideband or double-sideband phone transmitter?

Correct Answer

It becomes distorted and occupies more bandwidth

Explanation

Overmodulation causes clipping and distortion, generating spurious emissions (splatter) that widen the signal's bandwidth and interfere with adjacent frequencies.

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