On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 2:20 PM, WILLIS COOKE <wrco...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> The CW in SSB mode shifts the frequency for CW so that you can copy CW and
> SSB without engaging the RIT. It is a software thing, so the choice is
> whether to engage the mode or not and when you want to send CW in the SSB
> mode you just push the key if you are in VOX. If you are in PTT you need to
> also engage the PTT.
That's NOT true. If you engage PTT, you will be transmitting SSB, and
CW will not work (as has been discussed in the last couple of days).
~iain / N6ML
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> From: Thomas Horsten <tho...@horsten.com>
> To: "Cady, Fred" <fc...@ece.montana.edu>
> Cc: WILLIS COOKE <wrco...@yahoo.com>; Terry Schieler
> <terry.schie...@wirelessusa.com>; elecraft@mailman.qth.net
> Sent: Friday, February 3, 2012 4:06 PM
> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3: CW in SSB mode broken?
>
>
> In that scenario, what's wrong with CW mode and setting the filter suitably
> wide?
>
> 73, Thomas M0TRN
>
>
> On 3 February 2012 22:05, Cady, Fred <fc...@ece.montana.edu> wrote:
>
> Here is another scenario:
>>"You are operating at the scene of a disaster using a low antenna and low
>>power while passing health-and-welfare traffic. You can hear the SSB station
>>on the other end but it can't hear you very well. You would like to be able
>>to listen on SSB and send on CW. What configuration menu item to you use to
>>activate this cross-mode transmission?"
>>
>>
>>Fred Cady
>>fcady at ieee dot org
>>"The Elecraft K3: Design, Configuration, and Operation"
>>www.ke7x.com
>>
>>
>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-
>>> boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of WILLIS COOKE
>>> Sent: Friday, February 03, 2012 12:42 PM
>>> To: Terry Schieler; elecraft@mailman.qth.net
>>> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3: CW in SSB mode broken?
>>>
>>
>>> Terry, my understanding is that this feature is used almost exclusively
>>> by DXers on the VHF bands. I have never seen it used on the HF bands
>>> even though it would be legal. It allows you to keep the receiver on
>>> SSB while using the transmitter on CW. I have used it on HF to touch
>>> up my amplifier tuning, but on HF there is no assurance that the other
>>> operator is CW capable or will know what to do. Of course there is no
>>> such assurance on VHF either, but it more likely that the other
>>> operator has encountered the technique. I would not attempt it in an
>>> HF SSB pileup.
>>>
>>> Willis 'Cookie' Cooke
>>> K5EWJ & Trustee N5BPS, USS Cavalla, USS Stewart
>>>
>>>
>>> ________________________________
>>>
>>
>>
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