[Icom] Zero Beating CW on Mark IIG

Tue, 30 Jul 2002 06:54:52 -0400

Gary;
	The simplest way to understand the basic concept of zero-beating a CW 
signal is to match your side-tone with the station you want to work.  When 
the rig is in CW mode, cycle thru the menus to find the break-in setting. 
 Cycle thru the break-in settings so that there is nothing set.  This will 
allow you to hear the side-tone without transmitting.  Now simply dial up 
or down around the other station until you match your side-tone to the CW 
signal.  This process is called zero-beating.  Other rigs, like my Yaesu 
FT-920 has a meter that gives me a visual reference so it makes 
zero-beating much easier.  By the way, once you zero-beat the other station 
just activate your break-in until you are in either full or semi break-in 
(your preference).  You will be close enough to the other station to be 
within his band-pass....

	Happy CW operating.....
73;
Kurt - W2MW

Advocate for know-code.....     ...-.-

-----Original Message-----
From:	Gary Smith [SMTP:[email protected]]
Sent:	Sunday, July 28, 2002 12:53 PM
To:	[email protected]
Subject:	[Icom] Zero Beating CW on Mark IIG

I am just getting started in CW, so I know next to
nothing about it.  I am struggling to understand the
concept of zero-beating a station and how it works
with my 706 MKIIG.  The instructions in the operators
manual say nothing about it, so I don't know if I have
to do it manually or if the transceiver does it
automatically.  All I know is that the transmit
frequency is shifted 600Hz from the received
frequency, and I am not sure how to perform the
zero-beating properly.  Can anyone help me, please?

Thanks!
Gary
WA1TJB

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