• empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    12 days ago

    AM allows multiple to talk and also allows edge-case signals to be received. FM and digital is way more sensitive to weak signals being washed out where as even a washed out AM carrier can often be picked out of the noise enough to realize someone has a problem.

    • skuzz@discuss.tchncs.de
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      9 days ago

      That’s what I said.

      Nextel iDEN is a good example of a hyper low-latency digital mode that could be used, although likely a CDMA-based air-path would be a better choice as all radios can talk on the same channel at the same time without interfering.

      Would be a very complex system to make durable, but remotely possible.