n6tr@teleport.com wrote:
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> I recently discovered the power of this DSP when doing moonbounce
> work on six meters. I have always thought that you had to use really
> narrow filters on your receiver to hear weak EME signals. However,
> what I found was that it was EASIER to copy weak EME signals using
> the SSB bandwidth positions!
I've observed the same thing on HF. In the absence of strong QRM, a weak
signal is just as easy, or easier, to copy with a wide bandwidth. Since wide
filter bandwidth clearly must reduce the S/N ratio, the effective bandwidth
organic DSP must be much smaller. Quite amazing.
73,
Scott K9MA
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Scott Ellington
sdelling@facstaff.wisc.edu
Madison, Wisconsin USA
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