[AMPS] Re: SERIOUS commentary from N4XY on "no-code"

[rakefet@rakefet.com (Vic Rosenthal)]

Peter Chadwick wrote:
> 
> >Given the fact that cw is far more spectrum efficient
> 
> It isn't. Spectrum efficiency is bits/Hz.
> 
> HF packet is about 0.1 bits/Hz. HF CW  is about 10bits/sec, and needs about
> 50Hz to allow for fading etc, so is about 0.2 bits/Hz. Analogue speech is
> often reckoned as about 2 bits/Hz.

Well, it depends on what the meaning of 'bit' is (hmm, where have I heard that
before).  In my opinion, the word 'yes' is one bit.  Just because you are
transmitting a lot of bits in your sense doesn't mean you are communicating a
lot of intelligence.

73,
Vic, K2VCO
Fresno CA

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