[Elecraft] [OT] Legal Data Bandwidths

Kevin Cozens kevin at ve3syb.ca
Fri Jul 6 21:34:51 EDT 2018


On 2018-07-06 06:00 PM, Bill Frantz wrote:
> This rule allows some really interesting options. As I understand "symbol 
> rate" it is the rate at which the signal changes from one symbol (BAUD) to 
> another. What is not limited is the number of bits sent with each symbol.
> 
> To present an example I hope never to see on the air, on 15M we are 
> permitted to send digital data between 21.0 to 21.2 MHz. Someone could come 
> up with a digital mode that used 200 KHz of bandwidth
Have I misunderstood the above? I would find it very surprising that the FCC 
does not specify bandwidth limits on signal in the amateur bands, regardless 
of mode. IIRC, there are limits set on signal bandwidths in Canada.

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