Richard, That was a Great answer...I learnt something today to.
Gary On 20 February 2013 15:52, Richard Fjeld <rpfj...@embarqmail.com> wrote: > Pete, N4ZR > > There have been some good answers for you. (I saved some to help others.) > My answer(s) is to the way I read your question(s). > > The 'pitch' is the tone you will hear in your earphones, or speaker, on > both receive and transmit (cw sidetone). It is nicely done in the K3. > > BTW, the 'monitor' knob adjusts the cw sidetone level as I recall. I > haven't changed it in a couple years. > > Assuming you are in CW mode: > --First, you have selected the 'pitch' that you like to hear. > --You have 'CWT' on. > --You tune a CW signal near enough to see a bar appear on the 'CWT' scale. > --Press 'spot' and the radio automatically tunes the station in to your > selected tone. > --The signal will also be centered in the filter, and centered on the > indicator. > > Once you get used to the tone you have selected, you will be able to tune > well to that tone without using 'spot', or without looking at the display > if you are rushed. > However, the CWT indicator is your guide. > > And finally, you said, > "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?" > > As others have said, the RIT does nothing to your transmit. But it does > change your receive frequency, so that it changes the tone you hear. Not > to be confused with the 'pitch' control. The 'pitch' control only selects > the pitch you like to hear when the signal is centered in your filter. From > then on, you want to tune the receiver to a tone of that pitch, or let the > radio do it automatically for you. > > As for what the station on the other end hears, that is up to that > operator, who will tune to one side of your carrier until he/she hears a > tone that is suitable. > > If you are working a station with a radio that drifts in frequency, you > will often need to make a correction to the tone you hear by using your > RIT. That is it's function. > > It was a good question. I think you will enjoy it as you understand the > workings. > Rich, n0ce > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Ron D'Eau Claire > To: 'Pete Smith N4ZR' ; 'Elecraft List' > Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2013 8:58 PM > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] What does the frequency readout mean? > > > 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 > -- *Gary - VK1ZZ Skype: Gary.VK1ZZ Motorhome Portable The Shack* *Elecraft K3 P3 Panadapter KPA500FT KAT500FT** KX3-K * ______________________________________________________________ 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
