On 9/5/2012 1:13 AM, Arid ace wrote:
On Tue, 04 Sep 2012 14:10:53 -0400, Kevin Alfred Strom
wrote:

*Here's a 10 MB mp3 audio file I recorded with the SDR-1000 last
*night of some ESSB operators on 3630 kHz.
*
*It's amazing what excellent sound some of these experimenters are
*getting out of single sideband. For years -- decades really -- only
*(highly modified to broadcast standards) AM gear was getting this
*kind of audio quality on amateur radio. But improved techniques have
*really made SSB sound better than ever!
*
*For best results, listen on a high fidelity set of speakers or
*headphones:
*
* http://liberty.3950.net/W9AD-KU8R-K9...%20Hz%20bw.mp3
*
*
*73,
*
*
*Kevin, WB4AIO.

That sounds absolutely great, the intelligibility increases much more than the
static. Thanks for posting this, it's all I need as an incentive to exchange my
Dutch licence for a Panamanian one and get active again.

Jan (ex-PA0DGL)



Great, Jan; glad it inspired you to get back on the air. I always
liked good audio on amateur radio -- it allows subtlety of meaning
and expression and personality to come through -- and disliked the
pinched, distorted sound that was the SSB norm for a long time.

Once I get the transmit side of my station set up (I am building the
audio and control interface now and I need to put up a good transmit
antenna) I will be back on the air for the first time since 2000.

Hope to work you someday. Guess I'll have to put up a good low-angle
radiator!


73,


Kevin, WB4AIO.

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