[Elecraft] K3: CW in SSB mode broken?

[K7MDL]

I use CW in SSB mode on VHF contest regularly.  It is a matter of
convenience.  Station is calling in SSB, and I hear them, but need to bust
through the traffic going on at the far end, especially when I am a low
power rover out in the boonies.  

I try first in SSB but soon I realize I am not going to be heard, so just
reach for the key and send a response in CW or call and listen for any
resone to me, CW or SSB.  Many operators may not even respond on CW also. 
It is convenient to be able to send CW, hear CW or SSB not fiddle with dials
at all.  An without the right CW offset you are zero beat on the other
station and he never hears you. 

Another point I did not see mentioned (or got buried) about how to make the
K3 transmit CW while listening in SSB mode while in SPLIT or when the Sub RX
it on (with or without SPLIT).  Hit B-set and put the TX VFO into CW mode. 
Now you are cross mode.  Hit REV to hear the CW side.  I do not think you
get the automatic CW offset that CW in SSB mode gets you so you have to
fiddle with the dial or XIT. In a VHF contest that takes too long,
especially as a rover in a new grid pileup. One solution is to link the VFOs
after setting your CW offset and leave it that way. 

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