[TenTec] rcw

[Ken Brown]

> Reverse CW (on the Orion this is UCW) uses the upper sideband side of zero 
> beat.  In reverse CW, as you tune up in frequency, the pitch of CW signals 
> goes down.  In LCW mode, as you tune up in frequency, the pitch of the CW 
> signal also goes up.
>   
True....and.... which one, USB or LSB, would most correctly be called 
"reverse" is a matter for discussion.

Before I bought a Ten-Tec Omni VI, I had used a Kenwood TS-440, which 
operates CW using upper sideband. I was used to that, and a bit annoyed 
that the Omni VI could only operate CW LSB. I think that most rigs these 
day give you a choice. My preference would be USB, though there is no 
really good reason to have a strong preference for on over the other, I 
suppose. With USB as the standard for many commercial and military SSB 
operations, even below 9 MHz where hams switch from USB to LSB, I would 
think that USB would tend to be the default. I have got used to the Omni 
VI LSB CW operation. If it wasn't such a good CW rig, I would not have 
got used to LSB CW.

DE N6KB