Moir, TPettigrew, AM2014-02-232014-02-232014-02-232014-02-232014-02-212014-02-21Wireless Personal Communications, vol.75, pp.799 - 819 (21)https://hdl.handle.net/10292/6925The deceptively simple problem of a single inverted reflection in ordinary frequency modulated (FM) radio is considered. It will be shown that this problem has been overlooked in the literature and causes major breakdown in reception. The problem is known as suppressed-carrier AM-FM (SCAM-FM) and is totally destructive to the received signal. We examine the theory and practical measurements of SCAM and show a solution for reducing its effect.An author may self-archive an author-created version of his/her article on his/her own website and or in his/her institutional repository. He/she may also deposit this version on his/her funder’s or funder’s designated repository at the funder’s request or as a result of a legal obligation, provided it is not made publicly available until 12 months after official publication. He/ she may not use the publisher's PDF version, which is posted on www.springerlink.com, for the purpose of self-archiving or deposit. Furthermore, the author may only post his/her version provided acknowledgement is given to the original source of publication and a link is inserted to the published article on Springer's website. The link must be accompanied by the following text: "The final publication is available at www.springerlink.com”. (Please also see Publisher’s Version and Citation).FM· Frequency-modulationMultipath interferenceAmplitude-locked loop8 Phase locked loopJournal ArticleOpenAccess10.1007/s11277-013-1392-5