"dxAce" wrote in message
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Richard wrote:

Like I say, the Drake R8B is tempting me. As long as the readout
actually
reads the carrier frequency and I don't have to work it out on a peice
of
paper everytime I change modes I'm happy. Anyone know about this? It
actually looks nice as well.

It will not read the carrier frequency in CW, you have to know what the
offset
is.

A radio I recall that did read the carrier frequency in CW was the Kenwood
R5000.


Actually the R8B will read the exact carrier freq. in CW and LSB/USB...
there may be a menu config setting somewhere. At least mine reads the
precise carrier freq. in CW mode. I'll check the manual and report back.