[Elecraft] Is the K3 capable of ESSB?
Julian G4ILO
julian.g4ilo at gmail.com
Mon Aug 13 09:05:11 EDT 2007
On 8/13/07, Brett gazdzinski <brett.gazdzinski at verizonbusiness.com> wrote:
>
> Around here, 80 meters has about 3 qso's on the entire band
> in the daytime, so what is the problem running essb or other modes?
>
> Its bad and rude to operate in a wide mode when bands are
> crowded, that's a given, but to say something is bad and
> cant ever be done below 28 MHz seems wrong.
>
That's because the D layer absorption means your signals on 80m won't
travel very far at that time of day. If you live in a rural area there
may not be many stations on the air within reach at that time. It
might not be the same in a densely populated area, though.
Unfortunately it's hard to make rules that allow something to be done
only when it doesn't affect something else. Once you start to condone
wide band modes on the LF and HF bands people will use them whether
the bands are crowded or not.
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