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[Amps] Emission Standards Regarding SSB & AM Bandwidth

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Subject: [Amps] Emission Standards Regarding SSB & AM Bandwidth
From: 2@mail.vcnet.com (Richard)
Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2002 15:34:46 -0800
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>§97.307 Emission standards.
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>(a) No amateur station transmission shall occupy more bandwidth than
>necessary for the information rate and emission type being transmitted, in
>accordance with good amateur practice.
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>(b) Emissions resulting from modulation must be confined to the band or
>segment available to the control operator. Emissions outside the necessary
>bandwidth must not cause splatter or keyclick interference to operations on
>adjacent frequencies.

? Every SSB signal splatters somewhat - the question is how many db down 
@ +/- 4kHZ.  40 db is excellent. 30db is tolerable. 97.307 would not hold 
water in Fed. court.  
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>(c) All spurious emissions from a station transmitter must be reduced to the
>greatest extent practicable. If any spurious emission, including chassis or
>power line radiation, causes harmful interference to the reception of
>another radio station, the licensee of the interfering amateur station is
>required to take steps to eliminate the interference, in accordance with
>good engineering practice.
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?  chortle

>(d) ...

-  R. L. Measures, a.k.a. Rich..., 805.386.3734,AG6K, 
www.vcnet.com/measures.  
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