[Elecraft] Zero-beating on CW

[David Cole]

HI,
In a pileup, I ALWAYS move off zero beat, so if I transmit, I don't
cover the DX station in the event I transmit on top of him/her.
-- 
Thanks and 73's,
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On Sun, 2014-10-05 at 08:49 -0300, Mike Harris wrote:
> Any particular reason to need to zero beat to 1Hz?  I find the auto tune 
> function works perfectly well.  In fact if I'm one of many stations 
> calling I often offset 40-50Hz so as to be different from the all zero 
> beat mush.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Mike VP8NO
> 
> On 05/10/2014 07:55, Arie Kleingeld PA3A wrote:
> > Hello Ted,
> >
> > When I need to be on zero beat within one Hz,  I always switch on the
> > spot on the K3 and set the received signal to the same volume.
> > Once I hear the combination of both increase and decrease slowly, I know
> > that I am within a Hz. It's also the way I calibrate the K3 against a
> > standard like WWV or the russian station on 9.996 / 14.996 (forgot the
> > callsign).
> >
> > 73
> > Arie PA3A
> >
> > Ted Edwards W3TB schreef op 5-10-2014 12:44:
> >> I have never been convinced of being accurate on zero-beat on my K3.
> >> With previous radio units, I would zero-beat by matching the tone of the
> >> received station with my own keying side-tone.  But it does not seem
> >> accurate on the K3.
> >>
> >> So the question:  How would I determine that my offset and side tone
> >> would
> >> match up so that I am really zero-beated when I think I am.
> >>
> >> Thanks ahead of time.
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