[Elecraft] Point me to the note for sending CW when in, SSB mode

[Ron D'Eau Claire]

I think that you're generally right, Don, but I FM with a keyed audio tone
for CW qualify as MCW too? 

A.M. MCW was specifically required for shipboard emergency "CW"
communications.

73 Ron AC7AC

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Sent: Saturday, June 15, 2013 12:25 PM
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Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Point me to the note for sending CW when in, SSB
mode

I have always thought of "MCW" as an AM signal - used so that receivers with
only AM capability could copy them.

OTOH, if a SSB signal with sufficient carrier and opposite sideband
suppression is presented with an undistorted sine wave signal, it can be
just as good as a CW signal.  Unfortunately, all those conditions are not
satisfied with CW in SSB where an open mic is also present.

73,
Don W3FPR