[Elecraft] K3 Transmitting CW in SSB mode

[George Kidder]

Thanks, Don.  Harder to implement, but safer.

George


On 7/27/2016 2:39 PM, Don Wilhelm wrote:
> George,
>
> The K3/K3S does *not* inject an audio tone.
> It shifts the transmit carrier by an amount equal to your sidetone pitch.
> Lower if you are on LSB and higher if you are on USB.
>
> The effect is the same as adding a tone to a perfectly suppressed 
> carrier, but is guaranteed to be clean.
>
> 73,
> Don W3FPR
>
> On 7/27/2016 2:21 PM, George Kidder wrote:
>> Another way to look at the use of CW in SSB mode on the K3:  What I 
>> think the rig does when you hit the key is inject an audio tone at 
>> the CW offset frequency into the audio chain for the SSB signal.  If 
>> all is clean and not distorted, the result will be a single RF 
>> frequency offset from the SSB "carrier", and will be receivable as 
>> such by a SSB receiver tuned to the SSB carrier frequency.
>>
>> If the K3/K3S doesn't actually generate an audio tone, it sure 
>> behaves like it.
>