Is It Just Me?

[Nowhere-Man]

CW is an unmodulated carrier wave with no amplitude variation. It is merely broken in intervals so you just need to recapture the breaks as coded dots and dashes. The preliminary signal can first be converted to the IF. The BFO could be set to 171 KHz if the IF was 170 KHz and you'd get an audio output. The trouble with the ARRL is it segments the material but doesn't give context. Most other books focus more on understanding than isolated segments.