As coming from using FLDIGI to the CW Plugins from hamsphere 4 ,it was the best thing i could of done NO shutting down the radio selecting the stereo mix or mic !!!! the only flaw that i have is that when there are operators that use 100 watts on cw in usb /lsb mode but yet send a card that they are in CW in fact they dont realize that someone using the HS cw plugin cannot reply as they will only pick up a signal in CW mode when in fact it is stated in the Bandplan and it is a sticky from the Admin https://hs40.hamsphere.com/54_50015_read.html that the required power to be used on CW is 5 watts and 10 watts on the lower bands , so dont cheat yourselves use the power that is shown DE ZB3Z