Except that you did enter into the discussion of course. Why is bandwidth over 4Khz "not in good amateur practice" or discourteous on a warm Sunday afternoon when there are all of 3 or 4 stations within hearing on 75 or 160, or when 20 is otherwise mostly deader than a doorknob?
These generic statements presume that if the radio gives someone the possibility of a wider bandwidth, that it will be used at 9:00pm local on 75M -- not that the guys overdriving their amps on that band are a problem :-) So why restrict it in the radio? Why should the manufacturer of the radio be compelled to make someone's version of a "politically correct" decision? Makes no sense. It's no different than arguing that there should be a 55 (or even 65) mph governor on the car you drive, Don't think that would go over so well, even for those who mostly putt along in town at 45 in 25 MPH zones :) My personal opinion? Too many people are too used to living in CCR controlled neighborhoods, and just presume that the color of their front door is somehow a "group" decision :-) Grant/NQ5T On Jan 30, 2009, at 4:41 PM, Ken Kopp wrote: > L > I won't enter into any discussion about ESSB, except to say > most view a (transmitted) AM or SSB bandwith signal over > 4.0 kHz wide to be excessive, discourteous and "not in good > amateur practice". > > 7 _______________________________________________ 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
