Good to hear you got it sussed, Bill!? Yeah, Drake (and many manufacturers) long ago decided on, what it to me and a lot of people who operate CW, a very high frequency offset.? Unfortunately, there's no easy way to change that offset so operating separate is the way to go (at least with the Twins or transceivers that have separate VFOs.
73,
Steve Wedge, W1ES/4
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On Friday, January 5th, 2024 at 8:35 AM, N3WM - Bill via groups.io <n3wm@...> wrote:
GM Gary,
I ran some test with the set up and it works very well.? Thank You
Bill N3WM
On Friday, January 5, 2024 at 07:41:29 AM EST, N3WM - Bill via groups.io <n3wm@...> wrote:
Gary,
Thank you for your response...I really appreciate it. I will give it a try this morning..? you can't beat this Drake group for assistance.
I love the Drake gear but I gotta wonder why they went with this design for operating CW...why not just key a monitor oscillator and leave the transmitter freq alone..this is my opinion of course.
Thanks again Gary....
73's
Bill N3WM
On Thursday, January 4, 2024 at 10:52:58 PM EST, wb6ogd <garywinblad@...> wrote:
Bill,
The simple way is to leave your R-4C ON (as opposed to EXT MUTE).? Turn down the sidetone.
Set Tx to CW, Rx to LSB.
Hit the key.? You now hear your exact transmitted signal.? Note the tone, should be close (though not exact) 850Hz.
Now when you answer another station, tune him to that same frequency.. wha la!? You are on his exact freq or as close as your ear.
It might help to use your tightest filter or use a phone app to read the frequencies until you get used to it.? Also, if the other station
comes back on a slightly different frequency, do not retune him.? If his tone is too far from what you want to hear, go to SEPARATE mode.
850Hz is pretty high, especially with my now old ears so just using separate mode (except in contests) might be good.
73,
Gary
WB6OGD
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