[Elecraft] Keying CW in SSB Mode

[Ian White]

> 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

But Elecraft's implementation of CW-in-SSB contains a bug that makes it almost unusable for the intended purpose. 

If signals are too weak for SSB, then it is almost always necessary to use *slow* CW - probably much slower than the regular CW settings, resulting in frequent and unwanted relay dropouts. 

The normal, obvious 'fix' for these dropouts is to engage PTT for the duration of the transmission, and this works fine in regular CW mode. But when using CW-in-SSB it inexplicably does the exact opposite: engaging PTT *disallows* all CW output!

This bug has been reported a number of times and is still waiting to be fixed.

73 from Ian GM3SEK