This is going to take awhile for this to become natural to me. I am
> Don,
>
> There are a few features of the K3 that might affect this.
>
> CW on the K3 normally uses the lower sideband. If you were listening
> on USB, the CW equivalent would be CW-REV.
>
> In SSB modes, the K3's dial displays the suppressed carrier (BFO)
> frequency. In CW, it displays the actual signal frequency, which is
> offset from the BFO frequency by an amount equal to the sidetone pitch
> you have selected.
>
> For example, if you were listening to a CW signal in USB mode with
> the radio's dial set to 14010.00 kHz, then to hear the same CW signal
> in CW-REV mode with your PITCH setting at 600 Hz, you would set the
> dial to 14010.60 kHz. You could also listen to the same signal in CW
> instead of CW-REV, but unless the signal was zero-beat to your
> sidetone, you would hear it at a different pitch (pitches above 600 Hz
> in USB would be below 600 Hz in CW mode, and vice versa). On the other
> hand, if you were listening in LSB mode with the dial set to 14010.00
> kHz, then to listen to the same signal in CW mode (or CW-REV with
> possibly altered pitch) you would change the dial setting to 14009.40
> kHz.
>
> There is a configuration option to automate offsetting of the dial
> frequency when you switch between CW and SSB modes: select CONFIG:CW
> WGHT and tap the 5 button to switch between normal (dial setting does
> not change when you change modes) and offset (dial setting changes so
> you can listen uninterrupted to the same signal) modes.
>
> If you are using software to decode CW, you should also be aware that
> when the K3 transmits CW, it always does so with an offset equal to
> the selected sidetone PITCH, regardless of where your software is
> decoding. In other words, if your PITCH setting is 600 Hz, then to
> receive on the same frequency you are transmitting on, you must tune
> your radio so that the signal you are listening to has an audio pitch
> of 600 Hz, the same as the sidetone pitch. The K3 has tuning aids to
> help zero-beat CW signals (CWT and SPOT).
>
> 73,
> Rich VE3KI
>
>
> On Fri, Dec 24, 2010 at 2:00 PM,
[hidden email] wrote:
>
>> I am trying to set up to listen to CW on the K3 using software to
>> help
>> decode messages.
>>
>> The question that I have is why can I hear the CW in USB (20M) fine
>> and nothing when I go to CW mode.
>>
>> I have looked in the manual and other references but nothing makes
>> sense to me.
>>
>> Merry Christmas
>>
>> Don
>> KD8NNU
>>
>
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