[VHFcontesting] Re: Icom vs. Yaesu question

[Don T. "AI4CW"]

I can only speak for my Icoms; they've always operated that way.  They 
do select LSB normally for HF below 20M and USB for 20M & up if you're 
using SSB.  My normal HF operations are QRP on 40/30M, so that's where 
I'm coming from with my answer.  I do know that I've had to work around 
the CW shortcomings in my x75 series rigs, but I also didn't care for 
the way a friend's FT-847 does with CW the time that I tried it.  And 
then there's the MFJ-9406 SSB rig that is USB CW (with the added CW 
option board); I've used one of those as well and found it lacking 
compared to my HF experience.  As I remember it, the instructions that 
came with the option board even stated that most rigs used LSB for CW 
and it explained the difference in tuning procedure to be able to work 
them with the USB CW!

I figure that all of the rigs will have their shortcomings; it's just a 
matter of finding the one that suits you best & working around the 
things that you don't like.

73, 
Don T.		AI4CW

Zack Widup wrote:

> 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
> 
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