On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 11:33 AM, Graham Haddock <[email protected]>wrote:

> Drax:
>
> Yes, but since the convention is otherwise for SSB, I recommend that the
> frequency list be explicit.
>

There are two parts to this problem:

1. Is the signal upright or inverted, i.e. if the baseband signal (audio)
increases in frequency does the RF frequency increase (non-inverted) or
decrease (inverted). Hams would probably call non-inverted USB and inverted
LSB. A few digital modes, e.g. BPSK, don't care. Many do, e.g. RTTY, Olivia,
MFSK, etc.

2. Is the frequency given as center frequency or as dial frequency? Hams
tend to use dial frequency and then calculate the offset due to audio signal
at the mic. It would be much more accurate to specify signal center
frequency but that will very likely confuse some old-timers who will then be
required to subtract audio frequency from signal center frequency in order
to get dial frequency. Programs that control the radio usually provide the
option to display center frequency directly in the waterfall and to place it
in a log entry. (Fldigi, HRD, and WSPR do.)

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