Yes, and from the information I have, H3 and J3 (among others) are both considered "phone". H3 is full carrier SSB, so there's no lower limit to the audio frequency allowed, only a 3 kHz upper limit. What's not defined in Part 97 is what the 3 kHz means - 3 dB down from peak, 6 dB down? And no slope information for the roll-off beyond that.
I'm glad the rules aren't more restrictive. I have been on the air long enough to remember when there were serious arguments for banishing all "phone" from the HF bands as a huge spectrum-waster. Compared to CW and even most other digital modes, it certainly is! More recently was a movement to stop a huge abuse of the HF bands that effectively eliminates almost all "routine" communications for long periods of time, even occasionally seriously interfering with real emergency communications. Those Hams were petitioning for banning "contesting" on the Ham bands - at least the HF bands. And they had a point. Of course what happened was that a compromise was reached in which some HF bands are "off limits" to all contests. Everyone has been accommodated. Hopefully that's a model we'll continue to use when coming to agreements about other forms of operation. Ron AC7AC -----Original Message----- Not according to the FCC .... Dave AB7E Brett Howard wrote: > Read my message again. ESSB is a mode! ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
