[SJRA-Members] SSB banned in California

[Steve]

Happy 4/1!
Steve KZ2I


> On Apr 1, 2017, at 11:30 AM, Dick Gaul via SJRA-Members <sjra-members at mailman.qth.net> wrote:
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> SSB banned in California ?
> Effective at 12:01 AM on 1 April, all SSB operations in California will cease. FCC Part 97, par. Fo.0l.s applies to all Amateur Radio license classes.
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> A group of scientists, including several ham radio operators, have determined why the San Andreas Fault is quickly reaching a dangerous explosive point. It has been caused by SSB transmissions over the past fifty years. Therefore, all SSB transmissions are forbidden henceforth. Fortunately, it is possible that these scientists have devised a method to reverse the damage to the Fault. 
> In order to understand how this happened, it is important to know a little history of SSB (Single Side Band), and how it evolved from AM (Amplitude Modulation).Originally, amplitude modulated signals were transmitted with a "carrier", and two "sidebands". A breakthrough occurred when hams figured out a way to "suppress" the carrier, thereby transmitting only the sidebands. This was called DSB (Double Side Band), and all the power that was wasted in the carrier was transmitted in the sidebands.Then, decades later, something amazing happened. Single Side Band was developed. That is how we transmit today on "Phone". We don't think much about how that works, except that one sideband mysteriously disappears. If we transmit on Upper Sideband, the Lower Sideband disappears. If we transmit on Lower Sideband, the Upper Sideband disappears. 
> So, understanding that process, these scientists discovered that the missing sideband becomes grounded. "Ground", as we all know, is very important in radio systems. We have all seen AC power plugs with three prongs. One of those prongs is "ground", and in every building and home it is connected to the earth. Hence, the term: "Earth Ground". So whatever is connected to "ground" flows down through the earth. These scientists found the missing sidebands. They have been flowing down through the ground and have accumulated at such a tremendous volume that the fissures in the San Andreas Fault are ready to explode. 
> This startling information, and a plan to save the state of California, has been treated with the highest secrecy until today. That is why SSB Operations in California will cease immediately.So how will the pressure on the San Andreas Fault be reversed? Our wise and enlightened elected government officials have diverted billions of tax dollars into a highly-classified project. The plan has been developed and work is going on around the clock to build a huge working model of a "Rescue OSB" at a top-secret location. This "Rescue OSB (Other Side Band) will effectively gather all of the MSB's (Missing Side Bands) in the earth under California, reconstitute them into Amplitude Modulation holding ponds until the pressure reaches a safe level again.When that happens sometime in the future, we will again be permitted to use our existing SSB equipment after it is retrofitted with a new "OSB (Other Side Band) Storage Unit." Hopefully a working model will be developed by the time the Other Side Bands underneath California are safely extracted.
> Meanwhile, wonderful and amazingly satisfying ham radio operation can be enjoyed using the mode known as CW (Continuous Wave); or Morse Code, as it is otherwise known.I, Richard (Dick) Gaul - K2GMY, am pleased to have been the first person to announce this significant discovery to my fellow hams.
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