[Elecraft] Customer responsiveness

[ab7r at cablespeed.com]

Bill,

The way you described is how implementation of this feature is planned.  But it 
will not be available for initial shipment.  Wayne, Eric, Lyle and crew will have 
to sleep for a couple days after FCS before tackling these additional features.  :)


-------------------------
73,
Greg - AB7R
Whidbey Island WA
NA-065

On Mon Sep 24 17:46 , "Bill W5WVO"  sent:

>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
>>>
>>>
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>>> - Steve, K2PTS (SK)
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