[Elecraft] Exact 5 MHZ Channel Frequencies

[Bob Lewis (AA4PB)]

> The way I read the FCC statement means the specific assigned
> frequencies are the suppressed carrier frequencies to be used.

I quote from the Report and Order: "Amateur operators shall ensure
that their transmission occupies only the 2.8 kHz centered around each
of these frequencies". If your signal is 2.8 kHz wide and must be
centered in the assigned channel then your suppressed carrier must be
1.4 kHz below the assigned channel frequency for USB. This is the
standard Government/Military way of doing frequency assignments. It
makes sense that they would do it this way in order to maintain
compatibility between the amateurs and the existing Government users.

I know of no amateur transceiver (old or new) that displays anything
other than the suppressed carrier frequency on the dial for USB. I
believe you are confusing this with the 3 Khz jump in dial reading
that older radios displayed when switching between USB and LSB. They
still display suppressed carrier frequency however, just as the newer
radios do.