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>At 11:15 AM 1/28/99 -0000, Peter Chadwick wrote:
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>>>Given the fact that cw is far more spectrum efficient
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>>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.
>>
>>CW is inherently narrow band, not spectrally efficient.
>>
>
>OK Point Taken...But that still doesn't change my arguement...What I meant
>to convey is that far more cw signals can be accomodated in the same
>frequency spectrum as SSB signals.
>
? However, voice communication proceeds at around 250wpm and cw at
maybe 25wpm. It seems to me that for contesting, cw is better
Rich...
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