How to Set Your Radio for CW on the Net

For Icom 7300 and 7610

For Yaesu FT-891

Icom 7300 and 7610

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Setting up the IC-7300 and the IC-7610 for SSB (7.153 MHz) and CW (7.152.3 MHz) operation on the CanAm Net:

IC-7300:

  1. Make sure you are in VFO mode.
  2. Set the frequency to 7.153 MHz LSB in VFO A
  3. Switch to VFO B by quickly pressing (short press) of the A/B button
  4. Set the frequency to 7.152.3 CW in VFO B

You can now quickly switch back and forth between 7153 LSB and 7152.3 CW by pressing the A/B button

NOTE: When pressing the A/B button, be sure and just do a very short press – if you hold the button down for more than about 1 second, it will change both frequencies in VFO’s A and B to be the same.

IC-7610:

  1. On the left VFO screen, set the frequency to 7.153 MHz LSB
  2. Quickly press (short press) the CHANGE button to switch the information that was in the right VFO screen to the left screen
  3. Now, set the frequency to 7.152.3 MHz CW

You can now quickly switch back and forth between 7153 LSB and 7152.3 CW by pressing the CHANGE button

NOTE: When pressing the CHANGE button, be sure and just do a very short press – if you hold the button down for more than 1 second, it will change both frequencies both VFO’s to be the same.

Yaesu FT-991

Courtesy: Stray W8SCS

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  1. Press “Menu/Setup” button.
  2. Rotate Multi Knob to Menu #055 – CW AUTO MODE
  3. Press “Select”
  4. Rotate Multi Knob to “ON”
  5. Press “Enter”
  6. Rotate “Multi Knob” to Menu #059 – CW FREQ DISPLAY
  7. Press “Select”
  8. Rotate Multi Knob to “PITCH OFFSE”
  9. Press “Enter”
  10. Press “Menu/Setup” button to exit menu back to waterfall display.
  11. Set desired frequency on VFO A to whatever band you like for SSB.
  12. Press your paddle or key and watch display and read either 700hz up or 700hz down from your entered SSB frequency depending on what band you are on.

The FT-991A will automatically go up for USB and down for LSB on each band.

For Kenwood TS-590, Yaesu FT-891 and Generic Radios

Kenwood TS-590

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KENWOOD TS-590S AND TS-590SG SETUP FOR CW ON CanAm Net

STORE MEMORY CHANNEL for SPLIT OPERATION

1: Ensure radio is on VFO-A.  If not, press A/B button until VFO-A is displayed.

2: Dial up 7153 LSB

3: Press and hold A/B button for 2 seconds

4: Press A/B button quickly to change to VFO-B and dial up 7152.3 CW mode, VOX turned ON

5: Press A/B button to return to VFO-A

To store this setup in memory:

6: Press M.IN button, M.CH will display.  Select a blank memory channel with the MULTI/CH switch. 

7: Press M.IN again to store the memory

RECALL MEMORY FOR NET OPERATION

1: Press M/V button once.  Rotate MULTI/CH switch to select the CanAm Net memory channel 

2: Press M>V button once.

3: Press the SPLIT button so that the display shows 7153 LSB. 

TO PERFORM A CW QSO on CanAm Net:

1: Press SPLIT     Display shows LSB 7153 SPLIT 7152.3

2:  VOX should be on and you now make your CW QSO

3: After your CW QSO, press SPLIT to return to SSB mode. 

YAESU FT-891 SETUP FOR CW ON CanAm Net

Courtesy Dave VA3CP

FT-891_split operation

SETUP FOR  AUTO CW mode from SSB on VFO

1: Long press “F” key to get into MENU mode. 

2: Set menu 07-06 CW AUTO MODE to ON

3: Set menu 07-07 CW BFO to AUTO

4: Short press “F” key to exit MENU mode

5: Short press “F” key repeatedly until CW SETTING menu is displayed.

6: Rotate the MULTI switch until the pointer is beside BK-IN

7: Press the MULTI switch to turn BK-IN to the ON position

8: Short press the A, B or C button to exit the CW SETTING menu

TO PERFORM A CW QSO on the CanAm net:

1: Use your key to send CW.  When you are finished, the radio will return to LSB. 

ALL OTHER RADIOS NOT ON THE LIST

Courtesy Dave VA3CP

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1: Ensure radio is on VFO-A.  If not, press A/B button until VFO-A is displayed.

2: Dial up 7153 LSB

3: Press A/B button quickly to change to VFO-B and dial up 7152.3 CW mode, VOX turned ON

4: Press A/B button to return to VFO-A

TO PERFORM A CW QSO on CanAm Net:

1: From VFO-A, enable SPLIT operation.

2: VOX should be on and you now make your CW QSO

3: After your CW QSO, disable SPLIT operation to return to SSB mode. 

ALTERNATIVE METHOD

1:   Dial up 7153 LSB on VFO-A

2:   Dial up 7152.3 CW on VFO-B

3:   Switch to VFO-B to make a CW contact

4:   Switch back to VFO-A when done