[50mhz] Re: [VHF] IC746 vs FT920 vs TS570SG

[John Geiger]

And you almost had to do all your 6m QSOs using
crossband on the early 857/897 rigs because the audio
on them was terrible on 6.

73s John W5TD

--- Bill W5WVO <w5wvo at cybermesa.net> wrote:

> The guys who REALLY got it right are Yaesu with the
> FT-897 (and possibly 
> other Yaesu rigs -- don't know). Not only can you
> switch to CW on the fly 
> (with the appropriate sidetone VFO offset) by just
> touching the key, but it 
> actually switches mode to CW on transmit only. So
> you're still receiving in 
> SSB mode on the original SSB frequency (unless/until
> you manually change 
> modes to CW). What's more, this actually works in
> QSK mode at keying speeds! 
> Flawlessly. You can hear SSB voice and/or CW between
> the transmitted Morse 
> elements. All this functionality is
> menu-configuration optional.
> 
> Somebody at Yaesu really got it, at least on the
> FT-897. I'd be interested 
> to know what other 6M-capable transceivers have this
> same functionality.
> 
> Bill / W5WVO
> 
> 
> Alan Larson wrote:
> >> The other thing it lacks is automatic VFO offset
> when switching from
> >> SSB to CW and back again, so you don't lose a CW
> signal you hear in
> >> SSB mode. It's understandable they're not hip to
> that, because that
> >> feature is most useful (I would say absolutely
> critical) on VHF/UHF,
> >> where SSB and CW are used interchangeably,
> on-the-fly, on SSB
> >> frequencies during weak-signal conditions.
> >
> >  Even the folks who make VHF/UHF rigs don't always
> get it.  For
> > example, Icom got it right in the 271/471, but got
> it wrong in the
> > 910, a newer rig. Especially annoying with the
> newer rigs which are
> > so software controlled, where it would have been
> simple to get it
> > right.
> >
> >
> > Alan
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