[Elecraft] RE: Elecraft Digest, Vol 37, Issue 4

[Arthur Laurent]

Ken writes,
 
<...When I was first introduced to Ham Radio I was very fortunate to meet Harry W9TT...He taught me to simply listen to one station of
interest and let the others carry on. I have never understood the obsession of the modern CW ops with *narrow* filters. I use my brain
and don't seem to miss any QSOs ;-) ...

My first receiver was a Knight "Ocean Hopper," which set the standard for wide bandpass in the 1960s. (It was probably ancient then!)   As I remember, it had NO filters, narrow or otherwise.  When I tuned 80 meters, I heard pretty much the entire band.  Even my newly Novice-licensed 11-year-old brain soon learned to sort out the CW conversation I was interested in from the hundreds I wasn't.

These days, my older, more addled brain appreciates the help of narrow filters.  But I'm sure I could still do it the old way if I had to.  (BTW, I've got K2 1963 and a Yeasu FT 990-DC, and love them both for their differences.)

 

72/73 de KD4CSO/Arthur