Hi Steve,
Merry Christmas to you too. I was first licensed as ZS1ZG in 1962, right in the middle of the SSB/AM debate. My early encounter with AM and transition to SSB are described here: http://www.ab4oj.com/1st/am.html I shall never forget the phrase "Kilowatts from Heaven" which our university EE lecturer used to describe the 9 dB S/N advantage of SSB vs. AM. The position I subsequently took in various SSB presentations I gave at local clubs was that "there is, quite simply, no debate." Digital voice transmission is well entrenched in wireline and cellular telephone systems. The only disadvantage I can see is the abrupt loss of sync at the system threshold, although FEC will mitigate this effect. 73, Adam VA7OJ/AB4OJ --- In dstar_digital@yahoogroups.com, "bosshardss" <bossh...@...> wrote: > > Merry Christmas Adam, > > The 'heresy' comment was tongue in cheek. There were many nay sayers to ssb > as there are today to digital voice in amateur radio. (Some folks even used > a warbulator to send a varying frequency carrier that moved enough that it > couldn't be nulled out to interfere with ssb signals). > > Your comments about the advantages of ssb are right on track. DV also has > many advantages, ie, bandwidth reduction - forward error correction, etc. > > Best regards, > > nu5d > > > --- In dstar_digital@yahoogroups.com, "Adam Farson" <farson@> wrote: > > > > Hi Steve, > > > > I am not 100% sure about the dates cited, but where was the heresy? >
