[Icom] CW Zero Beat

Fri, 25 Oct 2002 18:11:26 -0700

Here are some tips for tuning in a CW station on the IC-756Pro/Pro2. It
should be applicable to other radios fitted with a CW pitch control:

http://www.qsl.net/ab4oj/icom/ic756pro_notes.html#NET

Best 73,
Adam, VA7OJ/AB4OJ
North Vancouver, BC, Canada
http://www.qsl.net/ab4oj/
Icom FAQ site:
http://www.qsl.net/icom/

-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]On
Behalf Of Brian Carling
Sent: Friday, October 25, 2002 16:46
To: [email protected]
Subject: RE: [Icom] CW Zero Beat

I have an Icom 746 - if I tune the other station so that the pitch matches
exactly to
my side tone, am I more or less zero beat with him?

I have assumed that that is how it works!

On 25 Oct 2002 at 11:52, Jan Reimers wrote:

> Greg,
>
>  I do rough zero beating using my perceived memory of the side tone
> pitch.  A more accurate way is to switch to side bad and tune the
> incoming signal down to ~0Hz and then back to CW mode.  The most
> accurate way is to compare the tones on CW and CW-R modes, when you
> get them identical (very easy to hear) you can tune the incoming
> station to within ~5Hz!!  The last two methods are independent of your
> side tone setting.
>
> 73
> VA7JNR
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]
> > Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2002 2:42 PM To: [email protected]
> > Subject: [Icom] CW Zero Beat
> >
> >
> > I have a question regarding zero beating another cw station
> > with my 706MARKIIG. With a previous rig all I did was tune
> > until the pitch of the cw station matched my side tone and I
> > was right on the other station's frequency. But the manual
> > for my 706 does not give any information on zero beating
> > another cw signal. Also the side tone is adjustable and this
> > is a great feature. So to the cw ops, how do you do it?