Toby Burnett wrote: > Now Dave, > > C'mon I have the narrow cw filter on my 706mk II > > The on / off button is a challenge. Lol just messing with you now. No > offence. > > > > On a serious note though, even with my limited cw surely it is possible to > answer a QRL back in cw, providing you at least have 2 wires and a paper > clip to slap together if no key hi hi. (I do have some keys now, but I used > a paper clip on the desk for my 1st cw qso ) > > Also isn't there something about sending your ID in SSB /CW anyway. > > I also read this and thought, hey most digi mode software will send an cw id > and or you could use computer generated cw to check if the frequency is in > use.
Yes, I had an IC706MKIIG for a long while. Maybe it was the poor location of the filter button that made me get rid of it? HI. Here in the UK the requirement for CW ID was removed several years ago and the latest UK licence is a much simpler and very cut down document. There's not even a legal requirement to keep a logbook anymore and the /M or /A or /P suffixes are 'recommendations' that people 'may' use. These are mentioned in the notes to the licence, not even in the main body... If anyone wants to see a modern UK licence, a draft copy is available on the OFCOM website, go to http://www.ofcom.org.uk/radiocomms/ifi/licensing/classes/amateur/Licences/samplelicence07.pdf Dave (G0DJA)
