Tony - Agreed on all points, and I think it's a failure of imagination now that we have Software Defined Transceivers that we're not doing more SSB on VHF / UHF if for no other reason that the power spectral density is so much higher, and we can thus get by with lower powered transmitters. "All mode" radios used to be expensive compared …
Tony - Agreed on all points, and I think it's a failure of imagination now that we have Software Defined Transceivers that we're not doing more SSB on VHF / UHF if for no other reason that the power spectral density is so much higher, and we can thus get by with lower powered transmitters. "All mode" radios used to be expensive compared to FM radios, but now with SDTs, SSB operation is just a different menu item.
That, and DSP techniques can keep SSB reception perfectly aligned with the transmission for best possible signal reception. In the next installment of the SuperPeater concept, I'm going to suggest a linear translator, and using SSB would be perfect for that.
Tony - Agreed on all points, and I think it's a failure of imagination now that we have Software Defined Transceivers that we're not doing more SSB on VHF / UHF if for no other reason that the power spectral density is so much higher, and we can thus get by with lower powered transmitters. "All mode" radios used to be expensive compared to FM radios, but now with SDTs, SSB operation is just a different menu item.
That, and DSP techniques can keep SSB reception perfectly aligned with the transmission for best possible signal reception. In the next installment of the SuperPeater concept, I'm going to suggest a linear translator, and using SSB would be perfect for that.