[VHFcontesting] IC-706 Cross Mode Operation

[Tom Mayo]

Ed and group,

That's what I want to do.  When I first tried "Quick Split" (hold SPL
down for 2 seconds), it forced the mode to USB on VFOB to match VFOA.
Thanks to your recommendation, I perservered with this tactic...

Today I noticed that I can activate Quick Split, then go to VFOB,
change the mode to CW-R, then go back to VFOA and now the modes stay
different with split active.  Keying is interesting.  I haven't tried
it with paddles yet, but with the mic's up/down keying capability, I
have to key the PTT on the mic AND send CW.  Maybe with paddles I
won't need to do that.  I'll check and see.

I think if I put a split of +1 kHz, the other station will hear me ok
on CW.  1 kHz seems to be the minimum non-zero preset split possible.
I have to do an on-the-air test to see if I need the offset or not.  I
assume the CW signal gets transmitted at the carrier frequency and not
offset from it, whereas for USB, the carrier frequency is zero-beat
and I don't think the other station would hear my CW.

Now to release this mode, I just press SPL and I'm back to normal.  To
re-enter this mode, I have to hold SPL for 2 seconds and again change
the mode on VFOB.  I guess that's a lot easier than the other way!

I'll give it a shot and report back.

Tom, N1MU.

On Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 6:20 PM, Ed Parish K1EP <k1ep at mgef.org> wrote:
> Tom -
> Use split.  Set one VFO to CW and one to SSB.
>
>
> At 6/25/2008 04:27 PM, you wrote:
>>
>> Folks,
>>
>> We had some trouble again this contest.  As a rover, we don't have a
>> lot of muscle on 144, 222, and 432.  We need to resort to CW to get
>> through to big high power multi-ops who are calling on USB.
>>
>> This is where the trouble comes in.  If you want to RX on USB (in the
>> radio's CW mode) on the '706, it seems that you have to go to CW-R
>> mode, tune by 800 Hz, then adjust the IF filter counterclockwise to
>> actually hear the other station.  Even worse, I think the other
>> station then has to use RIT to even hear your CW.
>>
>> Does anyone have a better solution for this?
>>
>> Please don't reply if you're going to recommend "use higher power",
>> "get longer beams", or something else like that.
>>
>> Thanks!
>> Tom.
>>
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