[Elecraft] ESSB

[david Moes]

Not sure if it was you and I cant even remember what band 40 I think, 
but during the contest I did run across what appeared to be a rather 
wide ssb signal typical of ESSB, rag chewing      The audio was great 
sounding  a little reminiscent of some the AM nets on 40m      I would 
think that it would have less punch or diluted as you well describe it   
but would be much better sounding for rag chew.    I find that some ops  
in a contest narrow with EQ the bandwidth  of their signal to give them 
punch but in doing so they are louder but harder to understand  so I 
don't really see the advantage.

David Moes
VE3SD

On 11/17/2014 13:22, David Ahrendts wrote:
> Experimented yesterday for a few minutes with ESSB (carefully avoiding weekend contesters), and it raised a fundamental question: As bandwidth is broadened, is effective radiated power diluted? In other words, will 500 watts with a 2.6MHz signal be more effective (stronger, punchier, more DBs transmitted) than 500 watts with a 4MHz ESSB signal?
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