[Elecraft] K3 - ESSB Availability

[Geoffrey Mackenzie-Kennedy]

Hello Bill,

Well said Sir :-)

73,
Geoff
GM4ESD


> Every time I see the term ESSB I see red.  I wonder if these folks 
> have ever read FCC Part 97.307 (a) Emission Standards:
> 
> (a) No amateur station transmission shall occupy more bandwidth than 
> necessary for the information rate and emission type being 
> transmitted, in accordance with good amateur practice.
> 
> http://www.arrl.org/FandES/field/regulations/news/part97/
> 
> Instead of playing wannabe broadcast engineer, why don't these folks 
> try something really creative, like trying to see how *little* 
> bandwidth they can use to communicate, instead of how much bandwidth 
> they can consume?
> 
> Icom has a lot of faults (like very misleading advertising) but I do 
> commend them for limiting the bandwidth of their voice modes.
> End of rant.
> 
> 73,  Bill  W4ZV