[ICOM] 706 MKII - CW filter on SSB

[Clark Savage Turner]

Hi Buck -

I think you are noticing the different carrier insertion for CW.  This 
is, in effect, moving the IF shift control far to one side.  Look at 
the little diagram on the 706 when you touch the IF shift in the CWR, 
remember that position, go back to SSB and make it look the same.  It 
should now sound the same but you'll be in SSB.  I don't have the 706, 
I have the 703, and that little graph appears for IF shift....  if you 
don't have it, just go to SSB and fiddle with the IF shift, it should 
do the same for you.

Clark
WA3JPG


On Sep 3, 2004, at 11:51 PM, Buck wrote:

> I have a stock 706 MKII.  It does not have any additional filters 
> installed
> in the two places to install them.  However, I find that receiving an 
> SSB in
> CWR mode, I can filter out most of the surrounding noise.  On SSB 
> mode, the
> signals are wider and pick up much more QRM.  I can't talk SSB from CW 
> mode
> and setting up the split is too much work for most of my QSOs.
>
> Is there a way to fake the radio out to think that the CW filter it 
> uses can
> be used for SSB?
>
> IF they are the same filter (I only see one, the original and two open 
> slots
> for add-ons), how does it get a narrower bandwidth in CW?