[Elecraft] SSB - Fooie!

[k6se@juno.com]

Ron, AC7AC

"Another variable with voice vs. CW is the fact that you must hear MORE
of the SSB to make sense of what is being said.'
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I think it is fair to allow 6 dB advantage to CW for the reason Ron gives
-- A CW signal just barely out of the noise can be 100% copy, while an
SSB signal at the same strength will be 0% copy.

That 6 dB, coupled with the S/N improvement that commonly-used 250 Hz
xtal filters offer clearly makes CW the big winner over SSB for copying
weak signals.

I don't know how this thread started, but what does the 9 dB advantage
that SSB has over AM have to do with CW ?

73, de Earl, K6SE