[VHFcontesting] Re: Icom vs. Yaesu question

[Zack Widup]

On Fri, 12 Jul 2002, Don T. "AI4CW" wrote:

> Normal CW is LSB on the rig because that's the way it is on HF and the 
> rig is a HF rig with the VHF/UHF added into it as an afterthought/bonus 
> to compete with the other HF+6M rigs.  No big deal; at least it has the 
> provision for switching to CW-R instead of forcing you to work around 
> it.  You've also got the ability to shift the tone to your liking (I 
> prefer my sidetone to match the frequency shift of the rig) unlike my 
> IC-575A that has a 700 Hz tone with a 1kHz offset!  I learned to 
> zero-beat by tuning until the tones harmonize; can't do that with a rig 
> where the tones don't match.
> 

Of the three HF rigs I now own (FT101E, TS440, TS850), all receive CW as
USB.  The TS-850 does have the provision to switch to CW-R.  Are the
majority of HF rigs receiveing CW as LSB?  I prefer the USB position
myself and when I built the KK7B R2-T2 combination for 144 MHz, that's now
I built it.

Zack W9SZ