K3 CW in SSB mode option to disable on 60m feature request

[Leigh L. Klotz Jr WA5ZNU]

OK, I'm going to try one last time.

The K3 has a feature whereby it can do CW in USB mode.
It doesn't do this by default; you have specifically enable this feature.
This feature has plenty of issues, even for the folks who asked for it:
logging programs think you're in USB when you are actually operating CW,
for example.  There's no way around that.

But here's the problem I encountered: I never, ever want to send CW on
60m.  It's illegal for me, even if I just accidentally bump into the key
while I'm in a 60M USB QSO.  It's not like bumping the key on some other
band where you can just give an ID and move on.  There's simply no way to
do it legally.

Now, if I want to make sure my rig never gets a stuck key or a dit on 60m,
I can do this really easily: just don't go into CW mode.  I've been a ham
since 1969, and I think I can trust myself to know what mode my rig is in.

But wait, now I can't!  It says USB, but it's not USB, it's CW.

I know, I'll ask Elecraft in a quick one-liner if they can offer an OPTION
so that the CW in SSB mode OPTION can be selectively not turned on on 60m.
  Seems simple enough.

But what do I get in response?  A long thread of debate on why I shouldn't
want me to prevent them from using CW (as if you'd *have* to have this
enabled), how folks in England can get special license authority to use CW
on 60m (which is totally irrelevant to me and my request, and is of no
disadvantage to anyone else, though it's a nice privilege to have), and
how I'm somehow Letting Down Ham Radio by asking for an option to have my
rig send not send CW in SSB mode in the one place where it matters.

Then by the time someone from Elecraft actually gets to the message, the
debate among those bashing the straw-man-proposals-that-aren't-what-I-said
are all that's left and the original intent of the request is totally
lost.

73 es QRU,
Leigh/WA5ZNU

> On Sun, 20 Jul 2008 23:30:08 -0700, "Leigh L. Klotz, Jr."
> <[hidden email]>
> wrote:
>
>>What I actually said was (in its entirety) this:
>>
>>  Perhaps it's too esoteric, but it would be nice if there were a way to
>>disable the CW in SSB mode feature for 60m.
>>
>>Leigh/WA5ZNU
>>
>>
> [snip]
>>Lyle Johnson wrote:
>>>
>>> Please keep in mind that the K3 is shipped worldwide. Many
>>> administrations have rules less restrictive than in the U.S.
>>>
>>> 73,
>>>
>>> Lyle KK7P
>>>
>
> Although it has become common practice to protect us from ourselves in

all walks
> of life, I prefer that rig manufacturers not restrict my operating
capabilities.
> It's my responsibility to follow the rules.  I don't want rig
> manufacturers to
> take on that responsibility for me.
>
> It reminds me of when I asked the policeman who visited my elementary
school,
> "Why don't you find a way to stop criminals from committing crimes?".
His answer was, "It's my Job to bring the criminals in our society to
justice, not

> to  prevent them from committing the crimes."
>
> 73,
>
>
> Tom, N5GE - SWOT 3537 - Grid EM12jq
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[David Pratt]

In a recent message, "Leigh L. Klotz, Jr." <[hidden email]> wrote ...
>But here's the problem I encountered: I never, ever want to send CW on
>60m.  It's illegal for me, even if I just accidentally bump into the key
>while I'm in a 60M USB QSO.  It's not like bumping the key on some other
>band where you can just give an ID and move on.  There's simply no way to
>do it legally.

I wouldn't worry about it too much, Leigh.  Hopefully the FCC will join
the rest of the world and permit CW on 60m in the near future. With
channels only 3kHz wide, narrow modes are more appropriate, permitting
operation by many stations on the same channel.  SSB occupies a whole
channel, which does not make economical use of the limited spectrum
available.

73
--
David G4DMP
Leeds, England, UK
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