[Elecraft] CW-Pitch 600 Hz or 700 Hz or what?
Paul Heller
ph at his.com
Sun Nov 13 13:07:00 EST 2005
>> Perhaps the enhancement could be a BFO that is adjusted by a front
>> panel control?
>
> This would be nice, and I presume that you mean that the knob would
> maintain the location of the BFO in relation to the passband along
> with the sidetone pitch. Currently it's possible to adjust the pitch
> from the menu (although this is not a one-knob operation!), but in
> order to keep the selected pitch inside a narrow passband, you need to
> do the CAL FIL procedure.
>
> So the knob that you refer to would have to cause the microprocessor
> to recalculate the VCO offset that is used to place the selected pitch
> at a given location in the filter passband. This is what happens when
> you run CAL FIL.
This is the one feature that I really wish the K2 had. My TS-940 and
756-ProIII both have this, and I find it very helpful. It's not only
nice to be able to customize the sidetone pitch, but I like to tweak it
easily via a front-panel knob every so often during long operating
periods, like contests - adjusting the sidetone (and zero-beat point) up
or down a little from time to time seems to help minimize ear (or is it
brain?) fatigue.
/Paul
W3PH
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Paul Heller
ph at his.com
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