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What is the effect of transmitting AM with a reduced carrier?

  • A.Better efficiency but a receiver that must reinsert the carrier
  • B.Worse efficiency and a simpler receiver
  • C.Identical performance to full-carrier AM
  • D.A halving of the occupied bandwidth

Answer: A

Reducing the carrier to a pilot level recovers most of the power efficiency while leaving a reference the receiver can lock to, which is the compromise used in some point-to-point and broadcast systems. The receiver must amplify that pilot and reinsert a full carrier, so it is more complex, not simpler. Performance clearly differs from full-carrier AM in both efficiency and receiver requirements. And the bandwidth is unchanged, since both sidebands remain.

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