Joe Subich, W4TV-3 wrote: > > >> Patience please, with all the more serious problems, I cant >> imagine this request is too high on the list. > > Any rig that includes VHF capability or is designed to drive a > transceiver should have the capability. It is indispensable > to most serious VHF operators. > > After experiencing it with the FT-2000, I find "auto CW" a joy > to use for tuning a quiet band ... I can tune in SSB and, if I > find myself in the CW band, answer a CW call without the need > to frantically change modes and retune. > > Quite simply, if one is in LSB and taps the key, the radio should > automatically shift to CW zero beat with the "normal" CW offset > (e.g., 500 Hz, 600 Hz, etc.) - if one is in USB, the radio should > shift to CW-R with the proper offset. Similarly, changing modes > from LSB to CW should result in no change in received tone and > changing modes from USB to CW should automatically select CW-R > with no change in received tone. > >
If what we're discussing is the ability to change modes and keep the same signal centered in the passband then I agree it would be a nice feature - and I don't use VHF. But I often find myself tuning down to the CW area after being on data, or vice versa, and when I want to call the station and switch modes in order to do so I've lost him and have to tune around to find him again. I also agree that it's not that urgent a need, not for me, anyway. I could just remember to switch to CW before tuning down there, but that's not going to happen... ----- Julian, G4ILO K3 s/n: 222 K2 s/n: 392 G4ILO's Shack: www.g4ilo.com Zerobeat Ham Forums: www.zerobeat.net/smf -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/K3---Linking-the-VFOs-for-CW---SSB-switching-tp17008996p17024191.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
