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December 1st 03, 08:23 PM

In article , (N2EY)
writes:

In article , Alun
writes:

I think you're missing the point. I took _code_ tests to get _phone_
subbands. There's no logic in that. Never was, even from the beginning.

Sure there is. Here it is, though you may argue that it doesn't hold much
water today:

'Phone signals take up far more spectrum than code signals. Back in the days
when full carrier DSB AM was king, the ratio was even worse than it is with
SSB. Ten to twenty code signals in the space of one AM 'phone signal is about
right. Not to mention the whistles from heterodyning carriers.

If you wish to BAN "wide bandwidth signals" in the U.S. amateur
bands, then submit a PETITION for such banishment.

Take everything back to 1950 or thereabouts, maybe even 1930.
BAN all those newfangled modes and modulations that don't meet
the criteria of simple, narrowband on-off keying. I keep suggesting
you also include in your petition a name change of the hobby to

Archaic Radiotelegraphy Service

If you feel "insulted" by such extremism, then change 'archaic' to
Amateur. You have the liberty to do that.

"Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice..."

Guess who said that? :-)

LHA