[SFDXA] CW in Ham Radio

[Kai Siwiak]

Hi Bill,
That's a great article with good reliance on reliable numbers, but it 
misses a critically key point about technical performance. That is, CW 
outperforms SSB by around  17 dB --  a power ratio of 50!  This means CW 
can potentially talk 5 to 6 times as far as SSB.  Out of the three modes 
that DXpeditions favor (CW, RTTY, SSB) it provides the best range. It is 
around 3-7 dB better than RTTY.

It is also the ONLY digital mode that can be done with just a radio and 
with no additional computer.

CW is not going away too soon!

73
Kai, KE4PT



Bill wrote:
> That typo drove me nutz looking at it hi. I had to correct it.
>
>
> There's always discussion on CW in Ham Radio. Now how is it doing
> since the requirement was dropped? Someone on the CWOps list posted the
> link to this recent article in CQ Magazine on just that. -Bill W2CQ
>
> http://www.cq-amateur-radio.com/cq_highlights/2012_cq/2012_02_cq/2012_02_zero_bias.pdf
>
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