Why does an AM radio channel require any bandwidth at all? Why can’t it just transmit on a single, precise frequency?

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Why does an AM radio channel require any bandwidth at all? Why can’t it just transmit on a single, precise frequency?

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I think the piece of information you are missing is, a single, precise frequency only describes an infinite sine wave with no change in amplitide ever. The moment you change the amplitude even a little, you have added other frequencies in.

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