You have exceptional hearing in order to use a 60 KHz side tone. May it be .60 KHz (600 Hz)?
Sent from my iPhone ...nr4c. bill > On Apr 21, 2017, at 1:58 PM, John Stengrevics <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Hi Fred, > > Thanks very much for the reply. > > I tried the first exercise. With VFO NOR enabled, the frequency remains > constant. With VFO OFS enabled, the frequency decreases by 60 KHz which, I > guess, is my CW pitch. > > When I am operating, and i switch from SSB to CW, I have to retune which I > find very inconvenient. You can lose a weak station while trying to retune. > > So, if I understand correctly, I should enable VFO OFS so I don’t have to > retune? Or, should I set my CW tone to zero? I’m still a bit puzzled. > > 73, > > John > WA1EAZ > >> On Apr 21, 2017, at 12:54 PM, Cady, Fred <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hi John, >> I don't know where you are seeing 50 KHz. The change in VFO when changing >> from CW to SSB should be what you have set in you CW tone. >> >> Try these two exercises. >> Exercise >> Examine what happens when switching between CW and SSB with CW WGHT VFO set >> to NOR and when set to OFS. >> Select CW mode and tune VFO A to some even CW frequency, such as 14.050.000. >> Enter the CW WGHT menu and tap the key to select VFO NOR. >> Exit the menu and switch between SSB and CW modes. With VFO NOR, VFO A >> remains constant. >> Change to VFO OFS and repeat the experiment.With VFO OFS activated, the >> display shows 14.050.000 minus your CW pitch >> >> Exercise >> What happens if two stations are using SSB and decide to switch to CW with >> CW WGHT VFO OFS NOR and activated. >> With VFO OFS NOR, each station will have to re-tune the other to hear the CW >> tone. With VFO OFS activated, neither station will have to re-tune. Each >> station’s VFO will be automatically offset by the pitch amount. >> >> If you sometimes operate mixed mode, with you switching to CW and the other >> station on SSB, it is best to enable VFO OFS so the other station doesn't >> have to retune you when you switch from SSB to CW. >> >> 73, >> Fred KE7X >> >> From: Elecraft <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> on behalf of stengrevics >> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> >> Sent: Friday, April 21, 2017 8:52 AM >> To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> Subject: [Elecraft] Problem Setting CW Offset to Zero >> >> Reading KE7X's manual, I should be able to set the offset to zero by >> selecting CW WGHT from the CON ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [email protected]
