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For a tone-modulated AM signal the modulation index is

  • A.Message frequency over carrier frequency
  • B.Total power over carrier power, measured at the antenna
  • C.Message amplitude over carrier amplitude
  • D.Carrier amplitude over message amplitude

Answer: C

The index is \( \mu = A_m/A_c \), the ratio of message amplitude to carrier amplitude, and it fixes how deeply the envelope is driven. Inverting the ratio gives a number greater than one for normal modulation, which is not the convention. A ratio of frequencies is the deviation ratio in angle modulation, a different quantity entirely. And the power ratio is \( 1 + \mu^{2}/2 \), which contains the index but is not it.

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