[SJRA-Members] SSB banned in California

[Carol Hutkin]

April fools

On Sat, Apr 1, 2017 at 3:20 PM, Rfields25 via SJRA-Members <
sjra-members at mailman.qth.net> wrote:

> YOU GAVE IT AWAY TOO SOON.
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> From: Steve via SJRA-Members <sjra-members at mailman.qth.net>
> To: Dick Gaul <k2gmy at yahoo.com>; sjra-members <
> sjra-members at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Sat, Apr 1, 2017 11:32 am
> Subject: Re: [SJRA-Members] SSB banned in California
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> Happy 4/1!
> Steve KZ2I
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> > 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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