Note 1: Reduction of the carrier level permits higher power levels in the sidebands than would be possible with conventional AM transmission.
Note 2: Carrier power[?] must be restored by the receiving station[?] to permit demodulation.
Note 3: Suppressed carrier transmission is a special case of reduced carrier transmission[?].
Source: from Federal Standard 1037C
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