[Elecraft] CW mode question

[Bill Conkling]

Bill, 

There are ways to send CW in SSB mode.  But aside from that...

In SSB mode the standard filter width is around 2.7/2.8 kHz so the signal
you heard was somewhere in that range.  When you switched to CW mode, the
normal bandwidth changed to 400Hz and you station was somewhere outside that
range.

I suggest that if you are going to listen to CW, you set the DSP bandwidth
to something in the order of 1000Hz, and to allow a lot of signals into the
bandwidth.  Once you determine which signal you want to zone in on, tune
until his pitch is near your preset sidetone (nor around 700Hz as I
remember).  Now you can turn the DSP bandwidth down to narrow in on the
desired signal, and you can copy easily.  To really get close, press the
[CWT] button and that does two things.  First, it activates the CW tuning
aid on the upper meter scale.  Just tune till the vertical bar "|" is
directly under the "cwt" indicator, now your sidetone should be correct and
you have tuned to the other guy's frequency.  Second, it allows you to tap
the [SPOT] button and if you're close to the other frequency, it will
automatically tune the radio to his frequency. 

I've had my K3 since August of 2010, and I'm still learning.

Have fun, and "See you on the radio".

...bill  nr4c



-----Original Message-----
From: Bill Miller [mailto:k9hxo at yahoo.com] 
Sent: Friday, April 06, 2012 11:26 AM
To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
Subject: [Elecraft] CW mode question

I just acquired a K-3 and have spent an hour  getting somewhat familiar. I
tuned 20 M and heard a nice DX station at about S-6 using the USB filter
setting. I realized I can only transmit CW with the mode set to CW. When I
made the change however, I could not hear either the DX guy (gal?) nor the
other in the QSO - I heard both with the SSB setting.
 
Gotta be a way to bypass what seemed like attenuation, right?
 
Bill K9HXO
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