Hi Pete: The K3 reads the actual transmit carrier frequency. That's the suppressed carrier frequency in SSB and the actual carrier frequency in any mode such as CW in which the carrier is transmitted.
Changing the pitch has *nothing* to do with this. It will be the same in any case (the K3 adjusts its internal oscillators as needed to give you the desired audio tone without changing the carrier frequency). To be certain, I turned on my frequency counter and checked the transmit carrier frequency while varying the pitch. No change. RIT means *RECEIVE* Incremental Tuning. It has nothing to do with the transmit frequency. Indeed, that's the whole point: allowing you to adjust the receiver frequency without changing the transmit frequency in any way. 73, Ron AC7AC -----Original Message----- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Pete Smith N4ZR Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2013 1:36 PM To: Elecraft List Subject: [Elecraft] What does the frequency readout mean? I'm having a hard time getting my head around this. My radio is on 3507.02 USB-CW, with a 500 Hz Pitch setting. I change the Pitch setting to 300 Hz, and the display still reads 3507.02. What is this frequency? The suppressed-carrier frequency plus the CW pitch? Does that mean that when I change the pitch, the radio is actually moving its frequency a little bit? A somewhat related question. Same setup, but listening to a signal on the air. "Beat note" is ~500 Hz. I turn the RIT so that the received signal is lower frequency - say 200 Hz. I transmit. What does the station on the other end hear, assuming he is also using USB-CW? Does my "beat note" go up in his receiver, or down? Sorry to be dim. -- 73, Pete N4ZR ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
