Kelvin,

Glad I'm not alone.  While some threads bore me senseless, I really 
learned something from this one.

You were 59 plus Sunday, probably the loudest I've heard you.  I'm 
currently only running  2 elements on a 4 foot boom at the towering 
height of 22 feet.  Being too close to Lloyd, I always point south so 
junior can relay me, but doubt if there is really much  F/B  on 20 
meters with this thing.    The 2 month snow cover has finally melted and 
thoughts are turning to antenna improvements.

73 and tnx for the work on the Active Elements site, Steve KW3A

On 3/10/2014 1:20 PM, Kelvin Marsh wrote:
> Hi Steve,
>
> You're not alone.  Not being an experienced CW op here, the CW reverse stuff
> was a mystery to me too!
>
> BTW, you were a 59 with great audio on the net!
>
> Best wishes, Kelvin Marsh - M0AID
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> On Behalf Of Steve Forst
> Sent: 09 March 2014 23:52
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Auto Zero Beat With Ts590
>
> Tom,
>
> I heard you say on the 20 meter net that  prior to this recent
> discussion you were not aware of the cw auto tune in the 590.  I think
> you still have a 480 in the RV.  You may or may not be aware that cw
> auto tune is also on the 480.  Just to the right of the number pad are 4
> keys in a diamond pattern for  setting NR, filters, etc.  The  bottom of
> these 4 keys is the cw auto tune.
>
> Thanks to posts from Lloyd, Ed, and Steve, I now have some idea of  the
> cw reverse stuff.   Never had the slightest idea what it was there for.
>
> 73, Steve KW3A
>
> On 3/9/2014 6:51 PM, Tom Behler wrote:
>> Good point, Ed.
>>
>> I'll give that a try the next time I'm trying to work a pileup.
>>
>> Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>> On Behalf Of Ed Malmgren
>> Sent: Sunday, March 09, 2014 3:19 PM
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Re: Auto Zero Beat With Ts590
>>
>> It is good having a choice on C W  if the pileup is above your listening Q
> R
>> G which is normally the case then you can listen on the other side of the
>> signal to avoid hash from folks sending close to the D X station.  Ed
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Tom Behler
>> Sent: Sunday, March 09, 2014 12:32 PM
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Re: Auto Zero Beat With Ts590
>>
>> Steve:
>>
>> Considering all the CW operating I do, I guess I'm no expert on this
> either,
>> and have sure learned a lot today.  As it turns out, my transmit and
>> listening frequencies were never that far off, but the auto-zero-beat
>> function allows me to be sure, which is a good thing.
>>
>> I guess one of the reasons for CW reverse is that you can doublecheck to
> be
>> absolutely sure you are zero-beat with the station you are working, as the
>> article Danny sent out explains.
>>
>> There may be other reasons for using CW reverse, but I am not totally sure
>> what they might be.
>>
>> Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>> On Behalf Of Steve Forst
>> Sent: Sunday, March 09, 2014 2:11 PM
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Re: Auto Zero Beat With Ts590
>>
>> Tom,
>>
>> I'm no cw  guy, but use this feature all the time and  have this function
>> set to one of my extra pf keys for easier use. I don't recall the limits
>> offhand, but both  filter bandwidth and shift need to be below certain
>> values i.e. if the filter is too wide or the  pitch too high, the feature
>> won't work.
>>
>> I think this feature was a 2 button press on the TS-2000, but  only a
> single
>> press for the 590.
>>
>> I have to admit I never understood what the cw reverse was all  about, but
>> hopefully I'll learn something.
>>
>> 73, Steve KW3A
>>
>>
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