[Elecraft] [K3] FM and AM Bandwidth

[Grant Youngman]

Except that you did enter into the discussion of course.  Why is  
bandwidth over 4Khz "not in good amateur practice" or discourteous on  
a warm Sunday afternoon when there are all of 3 or 4 stations within  
hearing on 75 or 160, or when 20 is otherwise mostly deader than a  
doorknob?

These generic statements presume that if the radio gives someone the  
possibility of a wider bandwidth, that it will be used at 9:00pm local  
on 75M -- not that the guys overdriving their amps on that band are a  
problem :-)

So why restrict it in the radio?  Why should the manufacturer of the  
radio be compelled to make someone's version of a "politically  
correct" decision?  Makes no sense. It's no different than arguing  
that there should be a 55 (or even 65) mph governor on the car you  
drive,   Don't think that would go over so well, even for those who  
mostly putt along in town at 45 in 25 MPH zones :)

My personal opinion?  Too many people are too used to living in CCR  
controlled neighborhoods, and just presume that the color of their  
front door is somehow a "group" decision :-)

Grant/NQ5T

On Jan 30, 2009, at 4:41 PM, Ken Kopp wrote:

> L
> I won't enter into any discussion about ESSB, except to say
> most view a (transmitted) AM or SSB bandwith signal over
> 4.0 kHz wide to be excessive, discourteous and "not in good
> amateur practice".
>
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