The Flex's ability to receive, and to transmit, bandwidths greater than 2.7 KHz make it my favorite radio, by far.
Fortunately out here on the West Coast, bands such as 75 meters are not at all congested. If the bandwidth is available and you're not interfering with anyone, what's the harm of running a SSB signal that's 4 to 5 KHz wide? It sounds *great* on the Flex. Give it a try. Once you do you'll realize that 2.4 KHz audio, by comparison, sounds terrible. As for AM - some of those old boatanchors truly sound amazing and are a joy to listen to. And it's also a step back into history, envoking a different era of ham radio. Why run AM, you wonder? Heck, you might as well ask, "why run CW?" Both are outdated (in my opinion), but both can also be great fun. Best regards from the Left Coast, - Jeff, K6JCA -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Ahti Aintila Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2007 1:36 AM To: K6JEK Cc: FlexRadio Reflector Subject: Re: [Flexradio] New Bandplan effective Jan 2008 Jon, Take it positively. Isn't it good that you have the excellent digital filters in your Flex Radio? With the 2.4 kHz SSB filter you can pass safely your 300 Hz to 2.7 kHz audio modulation to the ionosphere and rest safe that you don't splatter around with your unnecessarily broad transmission and disturb your fellow hams on the neighboring channels. And by the way, I really wonder that some still, after more than 60 years of amateur SSB, want to use double sideband with full carrier outside anywhere else than in Faraday cages of some Radio Museums. Best regards from the RF-congested Europe, Ahti OH2RZ _______________________________________________ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
