On 12 Jan 2007 16:33:42 -0800, "Telstar Electronics"
wrote:

+++james wrote:
+++ You are correct in that they are two different modes. They are
+++ amplitude modulated signals and are derived from the same general
+++ equation. Look in any Communications Text book used in Electrical
+++ Engineering school.
+++
+++Like I said... they are very different.
+++
+++Don't miss seeing the new CB Radio Speech Processor Prototype at
+++http://www.telstar-electronics.com/d...s/WhatsNew.htm
*********

No they aren't. They are more similar than different. SSB is an AM
signal that has the carrier supressed and the opposite sideband
filtered out.

Then again I would expect a tech to not totally understand the subtle
differences between AM and SSB.

james