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And because a license is issued it is a privilege and NOT a right to experiment. Wider audio bandwidth simply adds to the QRM on the bands especially from the really higher power stations and again especially from those who adopt a " the hell with them. I am all that matters and my ego needs to be stroked" attitude which really seems to come out a lot on contest weekends. Wider audio bandwidth can sound better but amateur radio is a communications service and not a broadcast or entertainment service and as such really wide bandwidth is not necessary nor conducive to good operating practices. Many stations have proven that with some audio tailoring it is indeed possibile to have great sounding audio while maintaining a 3 KHz bandwidth. Believe me I know what wide audio bandwidth sounds like. I spent 22 years as a commercial broadcast engineer at both AM and FM stations but there is no way I would ever want to see 8 and 10 KHz wide audio on the HF bands. If anyone wants that kind of bandwidth then they should hit the VHF or UHF bands and put them to use in an effort to preserve them before we lose them.

<blockquote data-quote="Captain Kilowatt" data-source="post: 417432" data-attributes="member: 39">And because a license is issued it is a privilege and NOT a right to experiment. Wider audio bandwidth simply adds to the QRM on the bands especially from the really higher power stations and again especially from those who adopt a &quot; the hell with them. I am all that matters and my ego needs to be stroked&quot; attitude which really seems to come out a lot on contest weekends. Wider audio bandwidth can sound better but amateur radio is a communications service and not a broadcast or entertainment service and as such really wide bandwidth is not necessary nor conducive to good operating practices. Many stations have proven that with some audio tailoring it is indeed possibile to have great sounding audio while maintaining a 3 KHz bandwidth. Believe me I know what wide audio bandwidth sounds like. I spent 22 years as a commercial broadcast engineer at both AM and FM stations but there is no way I would ever want to see 8 and 10 KHz wide audio on the HF bands. If anyone wants that kind of bandwidth then they should hit the VHF or UHF bands and put them to use in an effort to preserve them before we lose them.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Captain Kilowatt, post: 417432, member: 39"] And because a license is issued it is a [U]privilege[/U] and NOT a [U]right[/U] to experiment. Wider audio bandwidth simply adds to the QRM on the bands especially from the really higher power stations and again especially from those who adopt a " the hell with them. I am all that matters and my ego needs to be stroked" attitude which really seems to come out a lot on contest weekends. Wider audio bandwidth can sound better but amateur radio is a communications service and not a broadcast or entertainment service and as such really wide bandwidth is not necessary nor conducive to good operating practices. Many stations have proven that with some audio tailoring it is indeed possibile to have great sounding audio while maintaining a 3 KHz bandwidth. Believe me I know what wide audio bandwidth sounds like. I spent 22 years as a commercial broadcast engineer at both AM and FM stations but there is no way I would ever want to see 8 and 10 KHz wide audio on the HF bands. If anyone wants that kind of bandwidth then they should hit the VHF or UHF bands and put them to use in an effort to preserve them before we lose them. [/QUOTE]

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