SSB Communcations

[N7YO]

This question will come in multiple parts so here is the first. Who first thought of Single Side Band transmission?

[W7WOF]

Nikki says it is John Renshaw Carson

[N7YO]

OK Nikki, that is correct now who did he work for (what company) and what year did he apply for the patent?

[W7WOF]

Ok Nikki says (lol) he worked for Bell Telephone and applied in 1915 for the patent

[N7YO]

Well partially correct. 1915 was the year he applied for the patent, however my sources tell me he worked for a different company. I still have one more part to the question, but I'll save it for later.

[N7IKY]

ok i think i got it know did he work for a transmission theorist

[N7IKY]

wait i looked agian and i found that he was a teacher for princeton university and then for at&t so forget what i said before

[N7YO]

Well the records I have show him working for a different company at the time.... However after further scrutinization, I find that AT&T was the parent company. J.R. Carson actually worked for Western Electric which was a manufacturing arm of AT&T. Ok next question, When was the patent actually issued for SSB? We know he filed for the patent in 1915....

[N7IKY]

i knew that already is it 1923

[N7YO]

Nope that isn't correct try again!

[N7IKY]

is it 1935 or 1930

[N7YO]

Neither is correct but you are close so I'll tell you, the patent was issued in 1932 17 years after he first applied for it!

[N7IKY]

man i was close ok then i tried thats what counts