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

[Tony Fegan VE3QF]

    It seems to me that we are over-complicating this (hopefully soon to 
come) feature. All that is required is that, when in LSB or USB mode, a 
700Hz tone is transmitted whenever the key is pressed. No mode switching 
or menu changes are required. The only caution would be to watch out for 
inadvertently closing the key during normal SSB operation.
     I am not a firmware programmer but this does not seem like a 
complicated task. On key closure switch to transmit mode and either QSK 
or VOX. Then generate a (700Hz) tone.
    This feature is very useful on SSB nets when copy is difficult and 
on CW/SSB nets.

73
    Tony Fegan VE3QF

G4ILO wrote:
> Joe Subich, W4TV-3 wrote:
>   
>>     
>>> 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. 
>>
>>
>>     
>
> If what we're discussing is the ability to change modes and keep the same
> signal centered in the passband then I agree it would be a nice feature -
> and I don't use VHF. But I often find myself tuning down to the CW area
> after being on data, or vice versa, and when I want to call the station and
> switch modes in order to do so I've lost him and have to tune around to find
> him again.
>
> I also agree that it's not that urgent a need, not for me, anyway. I could
> just remember to switch to CW before tuning down there, but that's not going
> to happen...
>
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