[Elecraft] Data A filter questions

[Wes Stewart]

No I have not selected AFSK.

--- On Thu, 12/16/10, Monty Shultes <montys at mindspring.com> wrote:

> From: Monty Shultes <montys at mindspring.com>
> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Data A filter questions
> To: "Wes Stewart" <n7ws at yahoo.com>, "elecraft at mailman.qth.net" <Elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
> Date: Thursday, December 16, 2010, 12:11 PM
> You have probably selected AFSK mode,
> not DataA.  Hold the "DATA MD" button and use the VFO B
> knob to select Data A after selecting "Data A" with the Mode
> button.
> Monty K2DLJ
> 
> On Dec 16, 2010, at 1:01 PM, Wes Stewart wrote:
> 
> > I don't do much PSK operation but I was just fiddling
> with it and noted something puzzling (to me anyway).
> > 
> > Data mode A, although basically a USB mode, defaults
> to CW-like filtering.  The "NORM" setting is 400 Hz (my
> CW filter width, I guess), "Shift" is 1.5 KHz (and very
> limited) and "LO" and "HI" are locked out.  Considering
> how much PSK operation is done, this is quite limiting.
> > 
> > Is there some compelling reason that I'm overlooking
> why the default for this mode shouldn't be the same as SSB,
> with the options to have both SHIFT/WIDTH and HI and LO
> CUT?
> > 
> > Wes  N7WS
> 
>