[Elecraft] K3 - Linking the VFOs for CW - SSB switching

[Joe Subich, W4TV]

> Patience please, with all the more serious problems, I cant 
> imagine this request is too high on the list. 

Any rig that includes VHF capability or is designed to drive a 
transceiver should have the capability.  It is indispensable 
to most serious VHF operators.  

After experiencing it with the FT-2000, I find "auto CW" a joy 
to use for tuning a quiet band ... I can tune in SSB and, if I 
find myself in the CW band, answer a CW call without the need 
to frantically change modes and retune.  

Quite simply, if one is in LSB and taps the key, the radio should 
automatically shift to CW zero beat with the "normal" CW offset 
(e.g., 500 Hz, 600 Hz, etc.) - if one is in USB, the radio should 
shift to CW-R with the proper offset.  Similarly, changing modes 
from LSB to CW should result in no change in received tone and 
changing modes from USB to CW should automatically select CW-R 
with no change in received tone.  

73, 

   ... Joe, W4TV 
 


> -----Original Message-----
> From: elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net 
> [mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Jim Cox
> Sent: Friday, May 02, 2008 11:18 AM
> To: AD6XY - Mike; elecraft at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 - Linking the VFOs for CW - SSB switching
> 
> 
> Patience please, with all the more serious problems, I cant 
> imagine this request is too high on the list.   Jim K4JAF
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "AD6XY - Mike" <m.j.willis at rl.ac.uk>
> To: <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Friday, May 02, 2008 10:06 AM
> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 - Linking the VFOs for CW - SSB switching
> 
> 
> >
> > Hi Hank
> >
> > Please stop belittling what VHF types want to have as 
> facilities. It keeps
> > happening and it is not very nice. It happened with the PTT 
> delays and it
> > has happened with this facility request before.
> >
> > Mike
> >
> >
> > hank k8dd wrote:
> >>
> >> I don't know about "Auto CW or SSB"
> >> I can hear the CW pileup now ...... some guy hits his foot 
> switch as he
> >> leans
> >> over to grab the spilled beverage and says "oh darn" or 
> something like
> >> that,
> >> and the rest of the world knows he has (a) a K3 and (b) 
> spilled his beer.
> >>
> >> There's a lot more that I'd rather see on the K3.
> >>
> >> 73    Hank    K8DD
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> G3XDY wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Like a few other VHF and up types I'm patiently waiting 
> for the Auto CW
> >>> capability on the K3, where it sends on CW if you press 
> the key and on
> >>> SSB
> >>> if you use the Mic PTT, with a frequency offset between 
> the two equal to
> >>> the
> >>> sidetone frequency.
> >>>
> >>> I have found a useful work around for now is to link the 
> two VFOs with 
> >>> an
> >>> offset equal to the sidetone pitch, with the higher 
> frequency one set to
> >>> CW
> >>> REV and the lower on USB. Toggling the VFO A/B button 
> then gives instant
> >>> changeover from SSB to CW without having to retune.
> >>>
> >>> I hope to give this a work out in the European 
> VHF/UHF/SHF contest this
> >>> weekend.
> >>>
> >>> 73
> >>>
> >>> John G3XDY
> >>> K2 #4713
> >>> K3 #689
> >>>
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