I will admit to playing the devil's advocate here to some degree it was my clear intent to have this conversation and I am quite happy with the results and the response. I proudly held a GR2nd and admittedly it was many years ago and has long since expired but Andy I do know what you were trying to say as well as others.
With respect to the, what good does modulation %age in excess of 100 accomplish and at what point does the amount that exceeds 100% become unusable? like fodder that falls to the ground when harvesting corn? It just so happens I still remember the good ole days like CaptainK was referring to broadcast stations, at least the I worked for my boss at the time was also broadcast engineer he wanted to run at a 115% and since the FCC allowed 125% with 98% neg peaks "I think I got that right" it may have been 100 but I think we always tried to keep the negs just below 100 we would often incorporate a jump to 125% in our advertising audio if you doubt the difference that can make ask the Captain if a sudden 10% increase can get a listeners attention especially on some of the older tube type and solid state receivers that had poor AVC circuits after adverts we went back to normal sailing 115 or less depending on the content and time of day that was the way we did it at a small 10K station way back when they still had hitching posts. But good conversation keeps my mind busy while I'm stuck in a bad place. And Thanks Captain for awakening past memories almost like being a young man again.
With respect to the, what good does modulation %age in excess of 100 accomplish and at what point does the amount that exceeds 100% become unusable? like fodder that falls to the ground when harvesting corn? It just so happens I still remember the good ole days like CaptainK was referring to broadcast stations, at least the I worked for my boss at the time was also broadcast engineer he wanted to run at a 115% and since the FCC allowed 125% with 98% neg peaks "I think I got that right" it may have been 100 but I think we always tried to keep the negs just below 100 we would often incorporate a jump to 125% in our advertising audio if you doubt the difference that can make ask the Captain if a sudden 10% increase can get a listeners attention especially on some of the older tube type and solid state receivers that had poor AVC circuits after adverts we went back to normal sailing 115 or less depending on the content and time of day that was the way we did it at a small 10K station way back when they still had hitching posts. But good conversation keeps my mind busy while I'm stuck in a bad place. And Thanks Captain for awakening past memories almost like being a young man again.