What is the speech quality of hopping?
A. As SSB is used in frequency hopping mode (for voice transmissions) the speech quality is better than when using either band splitting or digital encryption. The frequency changing every one fifth of a second is virtually inaudible. Periodically (on average once every 26 seconds) a brief synchronization burst can be heard. In comparison, speech encryption methods tend to result in muffled or metallic sounding speech.
