[Elecraft] Keying CW in SSB Mode

[jimk8mr at aol.com]

 It is very common on VHF to switch to CW to call a guy who is transmitting on SSB, most often after calling him on SSB doesn't get through. CW in SSB makes it unnecessary to switch modes to do so.


73  -  Jim   K8MR

 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Dauer, Edward <edauer at law.du.edu>
To: elecraft <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Tue, Jul 4, 2017 8:44 pm
Subject: [Elecraft] Keying CW in SSB Mode

Regarding keying to produce CW in SSB mode – I mean this as a question, not a criticism – why would someone want to do it?  If both ends of the QSO are using SSB then, as I understand it, there is no relative frequency offset between them.  But there would be for any other station using CW mode for CW.  Do I have that right?  If so, what’s the advantage of using SSB mode for CW operations?  Is it that using SSB allows programmed keying from a computer generated audio tone?  Wouldn’t something like a Winkeyer and N1MM allow the same operation in CW mode itself?    

Ted, KN1CBR