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SSB – What is Single Side band?

First we must understand what single side band is not!
This article is tailored and written for the new ham.
Article written and compiled by N4UJW and updated 01-2014

Single sideband is not a band! It is not a frequency! It is not a portion of a band!
It is not a rock group! It is not…….what you may have thought!

Single sideband is more properly called a “mode” like AM or FM.
It is a very efficient method of superimposing your voice or other information on a radio wave and the transmission of that radio wave.

 

 

























The method by which audio, (information), is impressed on a radio signal is called modulation. To modulate a radio wave is to add information to it that can be received on a receiver for some useful purpose.