[Elecraft] Keying CW in SSB Mode

[Wayne Burdick]

This would be a fairly complex change to the normal T/R sequencer. Sorry we haven’t gotten to it yet.

Meanwhile, there’s a simple workaround that works well:

1. In CONFIG:CW WGHT, tap ‘5’ to select “VFO OFS” mode, then exit the menu. With VFO OFS in effect, changing from SSB to CW mode will shift the VFO frequency by an amount equal to your CW sidetone pitch, automatically positioning it so that hitting the key will result in the other station hearing a tone.

2. During operation, if you need to use CW, just change modes. You can then use PTT. If you change back to SSB, the VFO offset will be removed.

Wayne
N6KR



> On Jul 5, 2017, at 5:53 AM, Ian White <gm3sek at ifwtech.co.uk> wrote:
> 
>> 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
>