I think he said in Canada they will use 500 Hz increments. But the FTDX101
can go down to 5 Hz on SSB, if you like. Makes tuning slower, though.
Barry WA2VIU
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Barry Jacobson
WA2VIU
bdj@alum.mit.edu
@bdj_phd
On Wed, Aug 16, 2023, 4:19 PM Steve London <n2icarrl@gmail.com> wrote:
> This "you're on a fractional frequency" thing seems to be a characteristic
> of new hams. They have their tuning rate set to 1 kHz and don't understand
> how to change it to 10 or 100 Hz.
>
> 73,
> Steve, N2IC
>
> On Wed, Aug 16, 2023 at 1:07 PM Richard F DiDonna NN3W <richnn3w@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Ideally yes - in reality, not even close to being possible.
>>
>> 73 Rich NN3W
>>
>> On Wed, Aug 16, 2023 at 11:29 AM Barry Jacobson <bdj@alum.mit.edu> wrote:
>>
>> > Hi, due to poor hearing, I am not on SSB that much, but mainly CW.
>> However,
>> > some improvements with my hearing device have made me more willing to
>> try
>> > SSB. I am wondering if people always use integral number of KHz. In CW,
>> I
>> > never paid attention to exact freq, just found empty freq in band and
>> > called CQ. But recently was calling CQ for a ragchew in SSB, and the
>> fellow
>> > said I am on a fractional freq and wanted to know exactly what it was
>> so he
>> > could tune it better. Said was unusual. Is that always the practice in
>> SSB
>> > and in SSB contests to use whole numbers? I imagine the bands get
>> crowded
>> > and not always so easy to find a whole number freq. Please correct me if
>> > that is standard practice in CW and RTTY, as well, something I never
>> knew
>> > about.
>> >
>> > 73,
>> >
>> > Barry WA2VIU
>> >
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>> > WA2VIU
>> > bdj@alum.mit.edu
>> > @bdj_phd
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