[ICOM] IC-718 in CW Mode

[Dave Edwards]

Isn't there a VOX switch that must be pressed to enable cw break in?
At least that is how many other rigs do it.
...Dave
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John/K4WJ" <k4wj at bellsouth.net>
To: <icom at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 2004 8:22 AM
Subject: [ICOM] IC-718 in CW Mode


> I am trying to help a friend of mine. He is Ted, K6YN, and he will be 100
> years old at the end of April.
>
> He just purchased a new IC-718 and is having problems getting it in the CW
> mode. He tells me that he must hold the microphone button down in order to
> send CW with his bug. He said he read the manual and the only way around
> holding the mic button is to install a foot switch.
>
> I am a TenTec owner so I am ignorant of the IC-718 set up.
>
> Can someone please explain how to put the IC-718 in the CW mode so he
> doesn't have to hold the mic switch?
>
> A second question, can the IC-718 operate QSK CW? If so, how does one put
> it in the QSK mode?
>
> Thanks es 73..de John/K4WJ
> 73..de John/K4WJ
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