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When should I use USB and LSB?
When single-sideband is used in amateur radio voice communications, it is common practice that for frequencies below 10 MHz, lower sideband (LSB) is used and for frequencies of 10 MHz and above, upper sideband (USB) is used.
Why do we use LSB?
The Least Significant Bit (LSB) [93] method is the easiest way to embed secret information. By replacing the minimum weighting value of a sampled speech signal with binary bits of secret information data, the secret information can be hidden in the speech.
What is SSB USB and LSB modes?
Single sideband (SSB) is the most popular mode of voice transmission on the HF bands in ham radio. Most voice signals on HF are SSB, so you have to choose between USB upper sideband (USB) and lower sideband (LSB).
Why is LSB used on 40 meters?
Which of the following modes is most commonly used for voice communications on the 160, 75, and 40 meter bands? To make communications consistent and to keep bandwidths to a minimum, the convention is to use lower sideband (LSB) communications for the longer wavelength (lower frequency) bands at 160, 75, and 40 meters.
Is 80 meters USB or LSB?
The lower edge of 80 meters is predominated by CW emissions, with the lower 10 kHz (3.5–3.51 MHz) primarily used for long distance communications. It is common for illegal marine operations, generally using USB voice, to occupy frequencies on the low end of 80 meters.
What’s the difference between USB and LSB in SSB?
<10 mHz use LSB, >10 mHz use USB. The reasoning for it was the common use of 9 mHz filters for filtering out the sidebands, back in “the day.” Hope that helps. The standard operating practice for SSB is, as ‘KLI says, to use LSB below 10 MHz, and USB above 10 MHz.
What’s the difference between USB and 5 MHz?
The 10 Mhz. convention has become blurred recently, anyway with the inclusion of the 5 Mhz. band, which is USB, only. I know that my father had an early SSB rig, which was centered on the ‘Silver Sentry’ mechanical filter, circa 1950, and as I recall it was designed to operate 20 meters and 75 meters using the single filter.
What’s the average frequency of an SSB rig?
The convention is, so I’ve heard, largely historical, based on the design of an early SSB rig. The IF was 9 MHz, which is 5 MHz below the bottom of 20 meters and 5 MHz above the top of 80 meters.
Is it legal to use other sideband of SSB?
Hope that helps. The standard operating practice for SSB is, as ‘KLI says, to use LSB below 10 MHz, and USB above 10 MHz. This is not a regulation, nothing forbids you from using the “other” sideband, but then who would you talk to?