[BC] FCC Modulation measurements

[R A Meuser]

Willie:

I seriously doubt that is the case. If it were you would see similar 
gear in the commercial market. The FCC needs a traceable standard and I 
doubt there is anything around that exceeds their tried and true method.






WFIFeng at aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 10/03/2007 4:24:43 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
> pchristensen at ieee.org writes:
> 
> 
>>Today, I would be surprised if the FCC still had regional enforcement staff
>> with the wherewithal, resources and time to make such detailed 
> 
> measurements.
> 
> Now, it's probably all done digitally. The signal is downconverted to some 
> useful IF, then fed directly into a fast A/D converter, where a fast DSP/CPU 
> computes everything you ever wanted to know about the chosen signal. Synchronous 
> AM, deviation, spectral purity, bandwidth, pilot injection, subcarriers 
> injection & deviation, RBDS, IBUZ, etc.
> 
> A PC probably even controls the whole thing. Park the van, push a button, 10 
> seconds later, you have a readout of every signal the unit could detect. Drive 
> to the next market, repeat...
> 
> Right?
> 
> Willie...