Monday, October 14, 2019

CW vs SSB: How do they compare?

We know that CW gets through better than SSB under noisy or weak signal conditions but how much better is it? 

Here's a test where I used a web SDR to compare by signal while switching between modes and power levels. The SDR was about 700km away. I did the test on 7 MHz under poor band conditions during the middle of the day. 




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