I See Your Lips Moving, But...   I See Your Lips Moving, But…
By Don Keith, N4KC   Let’s open up that can of worms known as
single sideband audio.  Let’s don’t, though, take off on a
diatribe against so-called ESSB—enhanced SSB.  I actually enjoy
listening to those guys sometimes, even if some of them are
occupying a bit more bandwidth than some would like for them
to.  As long as they are not plopping down on top of somebody
else, where’s the harm?  The bands are wide enough for all of
us.  And I see nothing wrong with trying to get the best
sounding audio one can have, even if it may not be the most
efficient way to communicate.  And let’s don’t jump on stations
who deliberately EQ their audio—completely within legal limits
but not necessarily achieving a sound you or I find pleasing—all
in order to better stand out in the pack.  Beauty is in the ear
of the beholder.  Or something like that.  The point of this
article: adjusting our SSB audio so it is the most efficient it
can be to communicate the way we