DesignGuy wrote:

"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...

I don't think it will, or does. To get, say a 800 hz tone, one must off tune
from the exact carrier frequency. There is no way to alter this as far as I
know, vs. the R5000 which did read the carrier frequency in CW and RTTY as I
recall.

However, if you can discover something in the manual, I'd be interested in
reading it.

dxAce
Michigan
USA