[Elecraft] Brain vs Hardware filters

[Cathy James]

For relative newbies to CW such as myself, narrow filters
are a necessity.  It's all that I can handle to copy code
at 18-20 WPM without the distraction of 2 or 3 other signals
in the passband banging away at my brain.  I have noticed
that the real experts in my club often leave the filters
wide open and ignore the ones they aren't working, whereas
I have to narrow it down to at least 700 Hz to get clear
copy, 400 Hz is my default, and it drives me nuts when I go
down to 200 Hz and can *still* hear a second signal in the
passband!

Cathy
N5WVR

> The example you give a wide open filter is a good
> idea, once you learn how to process that info
> mentally.

> But... In search and pounce, I prefer relatively
> narrow filtering.