Modulation Assimilation

Somehow, the trailing shorty entered the high bandwidth zone ahead of the leader. Driving a molecule through the soup is a challenge that sometimes reaps small yet significant rewards. This time it was personal, as the driver chided their counterpart with a tap-sequence that roughly translated to "Laggard." I welcomed the returning drivers, pointing them to appropriate positions where we could share several of channels, and still have room for local communication.

Considerable progress had been made with the chatty sliders, with their bandwidth being reduced as their communication was concentrated into the distinct bands that I and the pairs had become proficient at. Proving that communication was a bidirectional affair, the mentors had taken to punctuating their conversation with tiny slides in frequency, but kept them in band.

I considered it an interesting modulation technique that works well when it is kept in a defined range of frequencies. It certainly got my attention when applied in a wideband mode, and I definitely noticed it when it crept into the navigation channel. The habit being picked up by the drivers and used in their status updates. What surprised me the most was when I found myself using freq-slides in my own chatter.