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
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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