[Elecraft] USB on all bands ??

[Mike Morrow]

>I had a PRC-74 for a good while and finally sold it as there was no LSB. 

You're right about it not having LSB, Sandy.  I've got an AN/PRC-74B
that I've never fired up, so I had forgotten that it should not have
been on my list of LSB-capable military sets.  At least the 74B covers
20 meters (it goes up to 18 MHz), unlike the earlier models that only
covered up to 12 MHz.  That makes those models in practice CW-only in
the ham bands below 7.3 MHz, except for those five USB 60 meter channels.

FWIW, I'd be happy with a shift to USB on all bands, but there's some
vintage ham gear out there that might not be readily adaptable.  The
only real plus to LSB mode is that signal pitch gets higher as the
receiver is tuned higher, which seems more natural to me.

But it isn't an important issue.  It's like tax reform...a good idea
that will never happen.

73,
Mike / KK5F