Hello Paul,
I think you mean 700 Hz (not kHz) for the frequency. You can set the
pitch of the CW note on your radio to fit your own ears. Older rigs just
picked a freq and you had to live with it. My old Kenwood TS-820S used
an 800 Hz CW offset as did my later Ten Tec OMNI V (a great cw radio). I
don't have a KX3 but I suspect it is like my K3. If you are getting
older and, ahem, more refined, you might notice that you like a lower CW
note. That can be set to your preference, so when you tune to 14150.0
on SSB, the dial will indicate the zero beat frequency where the SSB
sounds most natural. Switching to CW will adjust the oscillator
frequency to produce the correct offset beatnote that you selected and
the actual display frequency will be offset by that amount. If your
favorite CW note is 700 Hz, then the dial will indicate 14.1507 or
possibly 14149.3 depending on CW or CW REVERSE buttons.
To make sure that you are correctly positioned for a QSO, you can hit
the SPOT button. This will produce a tone that is equal to your CW note
preference. You can easily compare the other station's CW note with the
SPOT note and adjust your VFO until they sound the same. Human ears are
good at comparing tone differences easily to 1 Hz or so. When it sounds
equal, you are properly positioned on the exact same frequency as the
station you are calling.
The new rigs are wonderful when compared to how things were in say 1960
or so. There was a reason novices hung QSL cards on their wall. A
contact was an almost rare occurrence! Now we quibble over a few Hz!
Dave K1WHS
On 7/27/2021 5:09 AM, Paul Jewell wrote:
I have this behaviour on my Yaesu Ft-897. If I set the CW modulation
to 700 kHz, then it will move to 1.700 MHz. I thought this was
"normal" behaviour, and I was afraid to ask about it (relatively new
ham). I haven't tried to do the same on my KX3, but I will get it out
and try it.
I don't think this is due to dropping it - I think it is intentional
to give you the correct tone for CW.
Rgds.,
Paul
On 26/07/2021 19:05, Tom wrote:
Hi
I don't recall this happening before, but if I am tuned to a signal
lets say
at 1.000 MHz in AM and then I switch to CW, the frequency display on the
radio changes to 1.600 MHz.
My K3 and KX2 do not do this. Is there a setting somewhere?
I did drop my KX3 at one point recently so I am wondering if a button or
worse was pressed.
Thanks, Tom
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