[Elecraft] what should I hear using cw reverse vs

[J F]

You say TomaHto, and I say Tomayto... ;o)
Julius
n2wn


--- Geoffrey Mackenzie-Kennedy
<gmk at gm4esd.fsworld.co.uk> wrote:

> Are not you good gentlemen saying the same thing, or
> have I got it sideways
> and should go away?
> 73 to both,
> Geoff.
> GM4ESD
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "W3FPR - Don Wilhelm" <w3fpr at earthlink.net>
> To: "J F" <phriendly1 at yahoo.com>;
> <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Friday, February 04, 2005 1:44 PM
> Subject: RE: [Elecraft] what should I hear using cw
> reverse vs
> 
> 
> > Julius,
> >
> > You do have it backwards (assuming your BFOs are
> set normally).  In CW
> mode,
> > the pitch of the received signal becomes higher as
> you tune to a higher
> > frequency.  In CWr, the pitch goes lower as the
> tuned frequency goes
> higher.
> >
> > If you want a 'mental memo' you might think that
> in CWreverse, the signal
> > pitch is the 'reverse' of the tuning direction.
> >
> > 73,
> > Don W3FPR
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > >
> > > Unless I have it backwards, when you are tuning
> in on
> > > a signal "normal" CW will tune from the high
> side to
> > > zero beat, in reverse you'll start hearing the
> signal
> > > on the low side (ie the signal is at 7.025, you
> will
> > > start hearing it around 7.0243 at a high pitch)
> > > Julius
> > > n2wn
> > >
> >
> 
>