A citizens radio service SSB transceiver

This paper briefly describes the advantages of Single Sideband for the Citizens Radio Service, and converts the needs of this service to a working set of specifications for an SSB transceiver. Performance, reliability and economic considerations were the paramount objectives. Design techniques of the resulting low cost solid state transceiver are discussed. These include design features and performance of the bilateral modulator-detector, diode switching, squelch, noise silencer, and transmitter circuitry. A discussion of the resulting field performance of the SSB transceiver versus its AM counterparts is also presented.