[Elecraft] USB on all bands ??

[Tom Childers, N5GE]

On Sat, 24 May 2008 20:33:38 -0700, "Ron D'Eau Claire" <ron at cobi.biz> wrote:

>True, Brian. 
>
>A few years ago a buddy and I were chatting on the air with our K2s
>comparing the performance of the filters. As part of our testing we made
>sure we had no adjacent frequency signals and then switched sidebands back
>and forth to see how the rigs sounded. 
>
>A guy broke into our QSO berating us for transmitting on an "illegal"
>sideband for that band. 
>
>I think Ian may have touched on the source of his misunderstanding about the
>IARU adopting the current sequence of sidebands used. I don't know if other
>countries have rules about that, but the USA does not. 
>
>But the breaker on our frequency wasn't hearing that. He KNEW we were the
>scum of the bands for our continued illegal act ivies and was quick to point
>that out! His position was that if what we were doing was not illegal yet,
>it should be.
>
>My concern here is that as the Ham bands become more and more populated with
>non-technical "operators", no matter how skilled at operating they might be,
>many will tend to want to legislate more and more uniformity in Ham
>operations. That can quickly get in the way of free-ranging experimentation,
>simply playing with old or unusual  modes of communications or doing
>anything they don't agree supports their personal goals.  
>
>We need room for both as we always have: those for whom their goal in the
>hobby is to be the best possible "operator", based on their DX, contest
>scores or their participation in public service activities, and those for
>whom the hobby is a venue for experimentation and tinkering with equipment.
>
>We Amateur Radio Operators have contributed greatly in both arenas over the
>years. I hope we will continue to do so. But it requires the freedom for
>some Hams to do something many others think is absurd, obviously useless and
>wasteful of spectrum space while the experimenters take care not to abuse
>their privileges within the rules. 
>
>Of course there will always be those who believe the others should be shut
>down. 
>
>It's up to the rest of us to keep both camps relaxed and tolerant as much as
>we can. 
>
>Ron AC7AC
>
[snip]

Ron,

When someone tells you are using the wrong sideband, just say that you are
trying to be diverse by giving each sideband their fair share of
use/implementation ;O)

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