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"Arnie Macy" wrote in message ... "JJ" wrote ... BS, the services realized that with modern technology CW is an outdated, antiquated mode, no longer useful to them. You are living in your ham radio dream world too stubborn to see the truth. __________________________________________________ ____________________ Hey JJ -- did you forget that SSB is over 60 years old? By your logic, it's time to shut that antiquated puppy down as well. I mean, there are MUCH more modern modes out there, right? Or are you too stubborn to see the truth? Arnie - KT4ST Arnie, The technical fact of the matter is that SSB is just about as efficient as it gets for voice communications. The baseband (audio frequencies) are translated to RF and back, with the result that the RF signal is no wider than required to convey the baseband bandwidth. (unless, of course you're running things into clipping and causing all sorts of intermod products) While digital voice has some advantages in some applications (particularly if one wants to use mixed media, such as VOIP links), even the best low-rate codecs require a bandwidth at least as wide as SSB and at those coding rates don't provide the same fidelity (speaker recognition, tonal quality, etc.) due to the coding involved. Yes, SSB is at least 60 years old ... but Morse is what? About 3X as old? Its not simply a matter of age ... Carl - wk3c |