[Elecraft] Side Tone (Choosing the right "music")

[Vic K2VCO]

EricJ wrote:

> It's interesting that you should say the sidetone was offensive because it
> was not a pure sine wave. It is my understanding (not being a musician
> myself), that humans prefer tones with harmonic content. Pure sine waves
> sound simple and harsh to the ear. 

Not harsh, but boring.  But anyway, the reason a pure sine wave is 
desirable is that it makes matching pitch with a received signal easier.

Back in the day I always used neon-bulb sawtooth shaped sidetones. 
Digitally generated square waves are ugly.
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73,
Vic, K2VCO
Fresno CA
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