How do you get it that wide ?
----- Original Message -----
From: <jsb@digistar.com>
To: <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2003 16:03
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Here We Go Again (was Spectrum Hogs)
> On Thu, 18 Dec 2003 KM6VX@aol.com wrote:
>
> > I'd much rather here some joker with his mic gain and speech processor
> > cranked up all the way!
>
> heh - well, not me... I ignore CQ calls from guys whose background noise
> (fans, TV, etc.) is as loud as their voice. There's nothing in the
> rulebook that says I have to answer everyone who calls CQ for casual
> conversation.
>
> At risk of alienating myself from others on the list with differing
> opinions...
>
> I'm one of those guilty as charged - I freely admit it. My SSB bandwidth
> is usually set between 3.0kc to 3.9kc wide, just as most of the people I
> converse with are receiving somewhere in that vicinity as well. The sound
> is rich and full and doesn't burn up my equipment throwing a constant
> carrier. When operating, I ask if anyone is capable of receiving my wider
> signal - if not, I lower it to meet their receiver's front end. The
> Jupiter's DSP Noise Reduction reduces the noise level as well if not
> better than a 250W AM carrier which is another reason I prefer wider SSB
> over AM.
>
> But before the Bandwidth Police gets their collective panties in a bunch,
> I NEVER use SSB for the purpose of voice communication on any band other
> than 160 meters and there is a reason for this... There is a lot of
> spectrum acreage down there - plenty of elbow room for wide bandwidth SSB
> emission. No one's ever complained - but if they do, it's a simple twist
> of a knob from 3900 to 2400Hz wide. I will happily oblige the requests of
> others if the band starts hopping and i'm interfering with an adjacent
> QSO. Not a problem. Just because I was there first does not mean I have
> an infallible fiefdom of 10KC adjacent either side of my center frequency.
>
>
> Use of wider SSB bandwidth requires a bit of candor and responsibility on
> the part of the operator - only an idiot would run 3900Kc wide on a
> crowded night on 80 meters. My opinion is, Chastise the "widebanders" all
> you want when the band is crowded, but don't bother me with a bunch of
> baby talk when there's only 2 people using the band. Practice copying CW
> instead.
>
>
> 73 Jason N1SU
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