[Elecraft] USB on all bands ??

[Jim's mail]

Comments below.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tom Childers, N5GE" <n5ge at n5ge.com>
To: "Ron D'Eau Claire" <ron at cobi.biz>
Cc: <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, May 25, 2008 12:03 AM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] USB on all bands ??


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)

Tom, N5GE - SWOT 3537 - Grid EM12jq

Or you could simply state that you had been trying a fully legal mode at 
reduced power, AM.  That mode uses both sidebands at the same time 
regardless of the band being transmitted on (80, 40, 20, 160, etc.).

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Essential Liberty to
purchase a little Temporary
Safety deserve neither
Liberty nor Safety"

An excerpt from a letter
written in 1755 from the
Assembly to the Governor
of Pennsylvania.

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just the parts you like.

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Tom,
I like the tag lines you use.  Very thought provoking and timely.  Keep it 
up.

73,
Jim KD5VXH

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