In message , Geoffrey S.
Mendelson writes
Ian Jackson wrote:
Well, my Etón E5 certainly doesn't say 'CW'. It says 'SSB'. Does this
mean I can't receive CW? Just what HAVE I been listening to while
sitting on the toilet?

I don't even want to think about it. :-) It says SSB because it sounds better
than BFO. BFO is part of the radio, SSB is a mode.


Oh dear. My old Trio TS520s DOES say CW. Pity. I was hoping to use it
for SSB and morse. What AM I going to do?

My 520se had USB/LSB and CW. In any case it does not say Morse, because that
would be like saying French or Japanese for the voice modes. The radio does
not differentiate between codes used for CW transmission. It just makes a
beeping noise when it receives a carrier.

If it receives International Morse Code, or 1 for a, 2 for b, 3 for c, etc
code, it still does exactly the same thing.

I forgot to mention that, in the LSB or USB positions, my TS520s also
seems to work on SSTV (and morse). It just goes to show that you
shouldn't believe what is written on the tin/packet. [And I haven't yet
got around to using it on packet.]
--
Ian

Ian Jackson wrote:

I forgot to mention that, in the LSB or USB positions, my TS520s also
seems to work on SSTV (and morse).

As well it should. In the LSB and USB positions, the BFO is turned on.
SSTV is essentially sideband (requiring the BFO), in that the video SSTV
signal is plugged into the mic jack...and naturally, CW (morse) requires
use of the BFO --so what you describe is not surprising.