[TenTec] Orion--black crepe--"This is the end my friend" etc.

[Dave Sublette]

Well Nuts...glad I didn't say anything too nasty...the reply to sender 
only put it back on the reflector...Sorry to all...it's just the 
ramblings of an aging CW guy....73

Dave, K4TO

Dave Sublette wrote:

> Rob,
>
> I beg to differ with you...and notice that this is a private reply. I 
> have no wish to start a great debate. I believe occupying 6 khz of 
> bandwidth when three is sufficient to transfer  the info is a waste. 
> Having said that, I appreciate the quest for quality and the bottom 
> line is, it probably makes no difference in the overall availabilty of 
> spectrum for ham use, so go to it.  Of course if I follow my own line 
> of reasoning SSb is not necessary either...any number of digital 
> modes, including CW will transfer the info. I gave up SSB on the hf 
> bands long ago because the language and other foolishness going on 
> were offensive to me.    I guess that should disqualify me from making 
> any comments about the mode anyhow. Feel free to ignore them. :-D .
>
> 73,
>
> Dave, K4TO
>
> Rob Atkinson, K5UJ wrote:
>
>> <<<I love it when all these people stand up & criticize the Orion. I bet
>> that 75% of the critics have NEVER turned a knob on a Orion.>>>
>>
>> This same situation certainly exists concerning enhanced SSB audio.  
>> I am certain the cranks who bash it have never heard a decent 
>> sounding station on a rx with a freq. response of say, 20 hz to 6 Khz 
>> and a similarly adequate speaker.   I bet after one week of decent 
>> audio they would all find traditional utility grade ssb unuseable.
>>
>> Rob Atkinson
>> K5UJ
>>
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