[Amps] RE: Audio BW -- Please just let us operate!!

[Steve Katz]

Dale, I guess it depends on your perspective.  I like 17m, and its phone
band is only 58 kHz wide, with zero margin.  The "real" width of the band is
probably more like 52 kHz.  Once 100 signals are jammed into that space, and
any time there's propagation, this is the case, it sounds pretty full.  And
this is a band where regular contests aren't scheduled.

Depends on where you are and how big your antenna is.  If I had a dipole,
the band wouldn't sound as crowded.

'Tis true that when I use my 26 year-old TR-7, which always had a 4 kHz
roofing filter in its first IF by design and from the start, the bands sound
"cleaner" than when I use some much more modern equipment.  One reason to
hold on to good stuff, sometimes.

-WB2WIK/6



-----Original Message-----
From: Dale J. [mailto:dj2001 at mn.rr.com]
Sent: Friday, August 27, 2004 2:17 PM
To: Steve Katz
Cc: n4gi at tampabay.rr.com; amps at contesting.com
Subject: Re: Audio BW -- Please just let us operate!!


I've tuned around when propagation is pretty good and the bands don't 
seem too crowded and that includes 20 m.  Seems  the only ones who 
complain about crowded bands are those that participate in contests.

A sticky point with me is the receiver performance of  late model 
radios is not so good and that may contribute to what is perceived to 
be splatter
The INRAD 4 Khz roofing filter mod for the MKv may help in that area.  
I will have mine in about a month.  In the meantime, bottom line  is 
the overdriven amps and excessively wide (20 Khz plus) AM sigs.

Dale

On Aug 27, 2004, at 15:29, Steve Katz wrote:

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>> The bands are not really crowded now and ham population is in decline
>> so why the big concern about bandwidth.  The only time I see the bands
>> really full is during a contest.  So let's get rid of contests.
>>
>> Dale
>>
>> ::Might be better to get rid of propagation.  The only time I see the
>> bands really full is when they're open.  -WB2WIK/6
>>
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