[Elecraft] K4 on AM

[Charlie T]

I think he "may" be confusing the high audio limit with the resulting 2X bandwidth.

6kHz transmit bandwidth is obviously NOT the result of 6 KHz audio.

However, it is easy to get mixed up on this.

Charlie k3ICH




-----Original Message-----
From: elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net <elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net> On Behalf Of Rose
Sent: Monday, March 02, 2020 4:30 PM
To: David Gilbert <xdavid at cis-broadband.com>
Cc: Elecraft Reflector <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K4 on AM

Well said, Dave

73

K0PP


On Mon, Mar 2, 2020, 14:23 David Gilbert <xdavid at cis-broadband.com> wrote:

>
> Well, when a minority few seem to think that they should be special 
> enough to use far more bandwidth than the rest of us do, then I'd say 
> the horse isn't dead yet.  If everyone ran AM that wide that the bands 
> would sound horrible.  If that isn't a good enough definition of 
> presumed entitlement I don't know what is.
>
> Why Elecraft is willing to enable people to use 10 KHz of bandwidth 
> for no good communication reason is beyond me.  It would certainly 
> make me think thrice about supporting a K4.
>
> And Joe didn't bring up the subject ... you and W2XJ did.
>
> Dave   AB7E
>
>
>
> On 3/2/2020 1:13 PM, Grant Youngman wrote:
> > smh … :-(
> >
> > Why did I know this would happen?  Do we really have to keep beating
> this same tired horse? Really?
> >
> > Grant NQ5T
> >
> >> On Mar 2, 2020, at 3:06 PM, Joe Subich, W4TV <lists at subich.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> On 2020-03-02 11:34 AM, Grant Youngman wrote:
> >>> A maximum around 6 KHz would be better,
> >> Audio response greater than 3 KHz is *never* appropriate for 
> >> amateur radio.  Amateur radio is, after all, a communications 
> >> service not an entertainment medium.
> >>
> >> As a certain FCC official said in a hamfest forum a few  years ago, 
> >> "if you want more than 3 KHz, get a *BROADCAST* license."
> >>
> >> 73,
> >>
> >>    ... Joe, W4TV
>
>
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