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by Waraqa 250 days ago
Does that mean the quality of the voice calls in that era was better than later systems? Since it's logical to have loss of quality when a weak signal is amplified.
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I suspect the quality was poor in the 19th century due to not yet knowing how to make good receivers and mouthpieces.
Right, quality was poor and the transmitter and receiver were part of the problem. They experimented with different methods, but part of the problem was that without amplification they needed a transmitter that worked at the full voltage necessary to travel the full distance.