[Elecraft] Customer responsiveness

[Bill W5WVO]

Glad to hear Elecraft is implementing "auto-sensed transmit CW", a necessity 
for weak-signal DXing on VHF, where SSB and CW are often used interchangeably 
on the same frequency. The way it was described in the FAQ, though, gave me 
some concern, because it wasn't made clear that the auto-sensed (by code key 
press) shift to CW mode (along with its automatic VFO offset) must be in vogue 
ONLY in Transmit mode until such time as the rig is set to CW mode manually by 
the operator. In other words, when the rig is being used in SSB mode and it 
switches to CW Transmit automatically because of a code key press, it must 
revert to SSB mode with all last-used SSB settings for Receive mode. This 
would be true for both QSK and semi-break-in operation.

The whole idea of this is that one can switch to CW on the fly and still hear 
the SSB station you are trying to talk to without retuning. Conversely, the 
SSB station can hear your CW signal (because of the automatic frequency 
offset) without retuning. This functional capability is the bottom line, and 
unless the scheme implemented can do this, then it isn't as useful as it could 
be.

This scheme is implemented as described in several (maybe all) of the recent 
Yaesu transceivers that include 6M.

Bill / W5WVO


ab7r at cablespeed.com wrote:
> Not to worry.  The K3 will have FOUR PTT schemes:
>
> 1.  QSK
> 2.  Semi Break-in
> 3.  PTT only
> 4.  A cross-mode setup used in 6m and up - See FAQ under 6m for
> details (This feature will probably be post first shipment).
>
> Then of course there's the best VOX available that you will find
> anywhere. :)
>
> -------------------------
> 73,
> Greg - AB7R
> Whidbey Island WA
> NA-065
>
> On Mon Sep 24 15:15 , hank k8dd  sent:
>
>> Joe Subich, W4TV wrote:
>>>
>>> Among other issues, most software and many interface hardware now
>>> implement PTT in CW.  Any radio that is unable to deal with PTT
>>> is a significant problem for the user who often does not understand
>>> why his new rig does not work properly since his previous rig worked
>>> fine.
>>>
>>> 73,
>>>
>>>    ... Joe, W4TV
>> I certainly hope that the PTT function on CW did not end up
>> getting lost in the K3 & QSK thread.
>> That is the one major thing that I miss on the K2 - the ability
>> to use PTT with contest programs!
>>
>> 73    Hank    K8DD
>>
>>
>> --
>> ---
>> If God intended you to be on single sideband,
>> he would have given you only one nostril.
>> - Steve, K2PTS (SK)
>> ---
>>
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