[Elecraft] K3 Questions

[John GM4SLV]

On Wed, 27 Jun 2007, Julian G4ILO wrote:

> On 6/27/07, Corboy-Poteet <disorder at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> > 
> > I am not a big voice mode fan but I do believe that SSB is headed
> > toward the same ditch currently occupied by AM.  Maybe Elecraft can
> > help set the direction for future voice modes.
> 
> Isn't digital voice just another fad like some of the new data modes?
> I don't know much about it, but as a digital mode, I guess that you
> get perfect copy until the signal falls below a certain level, after
> which you don't hear anything at all.

...then you switch to analogue SSB until the signal goes below the 
threshold of S/N that makes SSB readable, after which you switch to CW 
and give yourself another 17dB to play with...

> This seems to be counter to the main ham radio interest of working 
> weak DX stations. I understand people's interest in experimenting, but 
> don't see any real use for digital voice on the HF bands. 

I think the same about analogue voice modes  ;-)

Cheers,

John GM4SLV

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