[Amps] rotten splatter/ IMD vs. Vcc

[Richard]

>
>97.307(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.
>
>97.307(b):  Emissions resulting from modulation must be confined to the 
>band or segment available to the control operator.  Emissions outside the
>necessary bandwidth mustnot cause splatter or keyclick inteference to
>operations on adjacent frequencies.
>
>97.307(c):  All spurious emissions....must be reduced to the greatest
>extent possible....
>
>97.307(d)  The mean power of any spurious emission from a station transmitter
>or external RF power amplifier transmitting on a frequency below 30MHz must
>not exceed 50mW, and must be at least 40dB below the mean power of the 
>fundamental transmission.  

€  The cleanest SSB Ham transceiver that I ever measured was 38db down.  
[TS-830]
>
>There is no bandwidth specification for phone transmissions, other than the 
>general requirement of "Good Engineering Practice", cited in 97.101(A).
>Common practice assumes that a SSB signal occupies a 3KHz wide band, and 
>that double sideband AM occupies 6KHz.  
>
>Discussion of someone's 12KHz wide AM signal is irrelevant, although it does
>engender debate about "reasonable and proper" bandwidth.  
>
>CONCLUSION:  Audible splatter is prohibited, even where it remains in-band