Oh my, I hope not .... Shades of 14178 .... terrible amateur practice, and ... at times ... patently illegal.
73! Ken Kopp - K0PP [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------------------- The ESSB the K3 transmits is perfectly in keeping with normal Amateur practice. Note that there are *NO* FCC rules about the bandwidth of an SSB (or other) signal that say a certain bandwidth is "illegal". ESSB, properly done as the K3 does it, uses no more spectrum than AM phone, which is perfectly within the normal amateur practice on the phone bands. (Actually, the last I heard, the K3 ESSB mode occupies *less* than the 6 kHz of a normal AM phone signal). If you haven't listened to ESSB on a good ESSB receiver when conditions are good, you're missing a treat. It's true that narrow-band SSB will get "communications" through where ESSB won't under bad conditions but, in my mind, that does not make ESSB any less of a mode, just as SSB isn't any less of an acceptable mode just because it occupies many times the bandwidth of a CW signal. This is one of those subjects that has created a great many extreme (and impolite) claims that the practice is "illegal". Even though I'm a CW operator, they are patiently nonsense to me. Perhaps it's because I've been pounding brass long enough to remember absurd petitions half a century ago to make "phone" illegal on the Ham bands because it took up too much spectrum space! One of the important activities we Hams participate in is experimenting with various signal formats (or "modes" if you prefer). Fortunately, our licenses in most countries give us a lot of latitude about what is legal. Certainly the USA is a very lenient country in that regard. I would hope our Hams could be as lenient as the FCC, but there are always extremists pounding on their pulpits about the absurdity and unfairness of it all. It's their right in our society to say those things. If you'd like to read one of many reasonably balanced views of the use of ESSB, check this web site. I don't know the fellow, but from what I've read of his site, I agree with him. http://www.icycolors.com/nu9n/apologetics_2.html But then, I tend to agree with most who speak in terms of moderation... Ron AC7AC _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
