Tom: You are absolutely correct, and I was not suggesting its OK to operate
with emissions outside the phone band. I was just trying to address Tõnno's
question as to why the ITU R1 band plan specified dial freq for LSB
emissions on lower phone band limits and did not do so for upper band
limits (on 20 meters and up), which may include modes other than USB.
--Mike, WV2ZOW
On Wed, Oct 3, 2012 at 7:40 PM, Tom W8JI <w8ji@w8ji.com> wrote:
> Just some comments. Regarding the LSB (and LSB was specifically mentioned)
>> limit, if some signal gets out below the phone band limit, it is still in
>> a
>> ham band and does not interfere with other services.
>>
>
> While the FCC doesn't enforce things like they used to, you would get a
> citation in a heartbeat if your sideband stuck down outside the phone area.
> It is still illegal today.
>
> The FCC does NOT and never has considered the "carrier" frequency as the
> operating frequency on suppressed carrier. They never have allowed audible
> modulation products to extend outside the authorized frequency range of a
> mode.
>
>
>
>
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