AMPLITUDE MODULATION

Prepared by: Engr. John William Orillo

AM Broadcasting

Broadcast Frequency Bands

Long Wave It is 153279 kHz, with 9 kHz channel spacing generally used.

Broadcast frequency bands

Long Wave

Long wave is used for radio broadcasting only in ITU region 1 (Europe, Africa, and parts of Asia), and is not allocated elsewhere.

Broadcast frequency bands

Medium wave

It is 5311,611 kHz in ITU regions 1 and 3, with 9 kHz spacing, and 5401610 kHz in ITU region 2 (the Americas), with 10 kHz spacing

Broadcast frequency bands

Short wave

It is approximately 2.3 26.1 MHz, divided into 14 broadcast bands. Shortwave broadcasts generally use a narrow 5 kHz channel spacing.

Broadcast frequency bands

Short wave

Short wave is used by audio services intended to be heard at great distances from the transmitting station.

Amplitude Modulation Standards

Parameter Philippine Technical Standards 535 1605 kHz 1070 kHz 9 kHz 118 stations FCC Technical Standards 540 1700 kHz 1160 kHz 10 kHz 116 stations

Occupied Spectrum Allocated BW BW per station Number of Station

Spacing b/w station

Carrier Freq. Tolerance

36 kHz
20 Hz of the assigned freq.

30 kHz
20 Hz of the assigned freq.

Amplitude Modulation Standards

Parameter Philippine Technical Standards 500 Hz FCC Technical Standards 500 Hz

Guardband

Intermediate Frequency
Modulation Scheme Type of Emission Receiver Characteristic Audio Freq. Response

455 kHz
AM A3E Superheterodyne 50 15000 Hz

455 kHz
AM A3E Superheterodyne 50 15000 Hz

Frequency Allocation for AM Broadcast Station

Channel Number 1 2 Frequency (kHz) 531 540

3
. . . 131

549
. . . 1701

Service Areas

Primary Service Area

The area in which the groundwave field of 1 mV/m (60 dBu) is not subject to objectionable interference or fading.

Service Areas

Secondary Service Area

The area served by the skywave and not subject to objectionable interference.

Service Areas

Intermittent Service Area

This area receives service from the groundwave and subject to some interference.

Broadcast Auxiliary Services

Studio-to-Transmitter Link
Band A B C Operating Frequency 300 315 MHz 734 752 MHz 942 952 MHz Maximum Power 15 W 15 W 15 W

Broadcast Auxiliary Services

Remote Pick-up Broadcast Station

Band A B C Operating Frequency 300 325 MHz 450 451 MHz 455 456 MHz Maximum Power 35 W 35 W 35 W

Broadcast Auxiliary Services

Maximum Power Allocation

Area Metro Manila All other areas C D Maximum Power 50 kW 10 kW --10 W authorized
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