[CQ-Contest] 40m "new" approach to staying in the band?

[Zack Widup]

Yes, but an OO report bears no official capacoty, either. It's done as a
courtesy.

Were I an OO, if I could hear the LSB or see it on a spectrum analyzer, I'd
send a report. If I couldn't, I wouldn't. Unless the suppressed-carrier
frequency was obviously below 14150.00.

Today's radios with digitan processing are truly amazing. You can generate
an SSB signal that has NO opposite sideband.

73, Zack W9SZ

On Sat, Nov 7, 2009 at 4:54 PM, Doug Smith <dougw9wi at gmail.com> wrote:

> Zack Widup wrote:
> > That's what I thought. Since the US phone band for 20m is 14150 to 14350,
> > the USB signal components are all within the band if you're set at
> 14150.5.
>
> True, but I did once receive an OO report for operating USB on 14150.5.
>
> The guy argued that lower sideband suppression is not adequate and one
> should never operate below 14153 (suppressed carrier frequency) regardless
> of
> which sideband is in use.
>
> Needless to say, only a tiny fraction of hams would agree...
>
> --
>
> Doug Smith W9WI
> Pleasant View, TN  EM66
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