[K3] 1st CW QSO on 60M

[Nick Kennedy]

I got in a CW QSO on the first day the new privilege became available.  
Pretty fun.  I set up another bank of memories for the CW frequencies.

Then I was thinking that it's kind of difficult to check for USB QSOs in
progress with the way CW is required to transmit 1.5kHz above the USB
carrier frequency.  You're listening too high even  if you go to USB
mode and open the bandwidth. It's cumbersome.

My next notion was to program the CW frequency into each of the five
channels but put the USB frequency and mode into VFO B for each memory.  
That way I can just hit the A/B switch to monitor the channel on USB,
tuned properly, proper bandwidth.  If OK, I go back to VFO A and put out
a call.

With an asterisk in front of each channel's name, I can use VFO A to
"channel" hop up and down the five channel band.  One minor problem here
is that VFO B doesn't follow along with the channel hopping.  It might
be useful if it did so.

73-

Nick, WA5BDU
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[w5tvw]

Good plan!  I have heard SSB folks just startup a QSO on USB when a CW QSO
on the same channels is in progress.  The interference isn't severe unless
the signal is strong then you have trouble with the CW station!  I have
found especially amung some of the newer callsigns on other bands, they will
startup a RTTY QSO right on top of a CW QSO.  (Since they are not required
to read Morse anymore!) The same thing is happening here on 60 meters
effectively only thing is there are ONLY 5 channels available.  We gotta
learn to share the channels not QRM your "competition" off the channel.

73,

Sandy W5TVW


-----Original Message-----
From: Nick-WA5BDU
Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2012 6:37 PM
To: [hidden email]
Subject: [Elecraft] [K3] 1st CW QSO on 60M

I got in a CW QSO on the first day the new privilege became available.
Pretty fun.  I set up another bank of memories for the CW frequencies.

Then I was thinking that it's kind of difficult to check for USB QSOs in
progress with the way CW is required to transmit 1.5kHz above the USB
carrier frequency.  You're listening too high even  if you go to USB
mode and open the bandwidth. It's cumbersome.

My next notion was to program the CW frequency into each of the five
channels but put the USB frequency and mode into VFO B for each memory.
That way I can just hit the A/B switch to monitor the channel on USB,
tuned properly, proper bandwidth.  If OK, I go back to VFO A and put out
a call.

With an asterisk in front of each channel's name, I can use VFO A to
"channel" hop up and down the five channel band.  One minor problem here
is that VFO B doesn't follow along with the channel hopping.  It might
be useful if it did so.

73-

Nick, WA5BDU
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