Why don't voice radio communications use FM?

On 2006-09-03, Mxsmanic wrote:
As far as I know (and hope), these cockpits don't have any trace of
Windows running in them. If they do, the situation is much more dire
than I had feared.

I've seen general aviation displays that run Windows NT. They don't have
the Win32 subsystem (which is what really sullies the NT based operating
systems, the actual NT kernel that lies beneath things like the win32
subsystem is quite small and elegant).

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"Mxsmanic" wrote in message
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Thomas Borchert writes:

So I guess you can point to the accidents caused by Windows-based glass
cockpits as well as you pointed to sources for accidents caused by AM
radios?

Not yet.

As far as I know (and hope), these cockpits don't have any trace of
Windows running in them. If they do, the situation is much more dire
than I had feared.

You neeed to look a litle closer.

"Thomas Borchert" wrote:

Mxsmanic,

I have my doubts about fly-by-wire systems or glass cockpits,
which seem to be increasingly designed for the convenience of
programmers who grew up with Windows rather than for the convenience
of pilots.


Sorry, but that's just plain BS.

He's got a ton of it to spread around.

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Dan
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Dan,

He's got a ton of it to spread around.


He must be Skylune ;-)

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Thomas Borchert (EDDH)

He's got a ton of it to spread around.


He must be Skylune ;-)

I think it is finally time to cut my losses with Mxsmanic, and toss him into
the kill file. His/her posts are close to half tonight's total posting
volume, and ALL they are is pure BS.

I really have better things to do with my time. I bet everyone does.

I would hope to see most agree on this subject, and not respond to his/her
posts, so we that wish to see the BS no longer, don't have to see the BS in
someone's replies, again.

Wishful thinking, anyway. g
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Jim in NC

I suspect that the (incorrect) sense that FM is better than AM comes
from broadcast stations. I think broadcast FM uses more channel space
than broadcast AM, and it is =that= which gives higher fidelity, for the
most part.

Don't be fooled. It's the bandwidth, not the encoding.

Jose
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Morgans,

I would hope to see most agree on this subject, and not respond to his/her
posts, so we that wish to see the BS no longer, don't have to see the BS in
someone's replies, again.


Oh come on, it's so much fun to jerk the chains of these people ;-)

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Thomas Borchert (EDDH)

Mxsmanic wrote:
Vaughn Simon writes:

Actually, not much does change in aviation compared with other fields of
human endeavor.

I don't think that is necessarily a bad thing. It does worry me that
the things that change in aviation are things that I'd rather see
stable. I have my doubts about fly-by-wire systems or glass cockpits,
which seem to be increasingly designed for the convenience of
programmers who grew up with Windows rather than for the convenience
of pilots.

Do you have any connection to aviation at all?