Do either JT9 or FT8 *really* need a wide SSB filter? What happens if we use a good narrow CW filter instead?
73, Mike www.w0btu.com On Thu, Aug 1, 2019, 2:03 PM K4SAV <[email protected]> wrote: > W0BTU directed a question to me about JT-9. I have never tested JT-9 so > I don't have any information to supply on that subject. > > The S/N number supplied by FT-8 was only a curiosity to me because I > could see a huge disparity between what was being reported versus what I > was observing on my receiver. The reported S/N seems to be about > useless, but the really important question was what is the lowest signal > to noise FT-8 can decode,(real S/N, not the reported number). That was > the main question I wanted to answer with testing. > > A little off subject but people also need to stop using S/N numbers as a > measure of antenna gain. > > Jerry, K4SAV > > _________________ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector
