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Basic QAM question
Very basic QAM question from an analog user: how do you pronounce it? Q-A-M? Rhymes with spam?
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Are you planning to drop this into normal conversation?
QAM: “kwahm” or "kam", or, like CIA (pronounced as 'see-ai-ei', and not as one word 'seeya'), QAM is more correctly pronounced by each initial. Personally, I try not to get into an oral (or aural) conversation using the term as I either get the annoyed look or a glassy-eyed response. The conversation usually goes downhill from there. Last edited by Conejo; 12-05-2007 at 02:22 PM. |
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![]() Actually, I was just curious. While reading through forum posts, I've been mentally vocalizing "Clear-QAM" as "clear" "kam." But I didn't know if people would just look blankly at me if I actually said it out loud. |
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QAM is an acronym for quadrature amplitude modulation, a multiplexing scheme used to combine multiple signals onto one carrier. That'll get em glassy eyed !!
![]() Conejo is correct, Q - A - M |
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It's certainly an acronym, but I've always heard it pronounced "kwahm”.
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