> 2) No one has come up with a proposal to ban it that hasn't > generated overwhelming opposition from the amateur community.
Not true ... nobody has been able to make a proposal without being shouted down by a bunch of AM and ESSB zealots. Most HF users want AM and ESSB (occupied bandwidth greater than required for communications quality - 2.6 to 2.8 KHz) banned. Unfortunately, certain special interest groups continue to drive the debate. > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, May 05, 2008 10:32 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Bass in audio is good > > > -----Original Message----- > From: S Sacco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >We're not broadcasters, we're communicators. > > That's true. But there are all sorts of communication! > > >That extra frequency response takes away from the spectrum available > >for our fellow Amateurs. > > Hold that thought.... > > >Don't even get me started on that "ESSB" stuff...and why is AM even > >LEGAL anymore, anyway? > > It's legal for two reasons: > > 1) A considerable number of hams like it and use it. > > 2) No one has come up with a proposal to ban it that hasn't generated > overwhelming opposition from the amateur community. > > "Ban AM" (particularly from the HF amateur bands) proposals > have popped > up from time to time since before I became a ham 40 years ago. Always > the same basic reason: AM is too wide. > > Now about "tak[ing] away from the spectrum available for our fellow > Amateurs" - if using the minimum amount of spectrum is the issue, why > are any modes wider than a few hundred Hz allowed? Ten CW or > PSK31 QSOs > can fit in the space of one SSB QSO, so why is SSB still allowed? > > 73 de Jim, N2EY > > _______________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Post to: [email protected] > 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 _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] 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
