[Hallicrafters] 5 MHZ

[Rich Oliver]

Ed,

I agree totally but doubt the Powers-That-Be see things quite that way.

73, Rich

Ed Gable wrote:

>Are you sure the USB requirement excludes CW ?  The term USB describes
>an information bandwidth above the carrier frequency, but does not
>identify what type of information is conveyed there.  Early SSB rigs
>often keyed an audio tone in a sideband channel to make CW and today
>we see RTTY and SSTV signals routinely sent using USB.  So, unless the
>specs for 5 Mcs use say only voice in a USB slot, then it might be
>open to any information fitting into a normal 3 kc USB channel.
>Anyone know for sure ?  Ed k2mp
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>Cliff Bond wrote:
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>>The reason I have been told operation is limited to USB (i.e. no CW) is...
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>>This is a shared-frequency with the military.  The military no longer has
>>CW-capable operators.  Therefore, for identification purposes, users of the
>>frequencies must use modes the military can copy.<snip>
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