[Elecraft] Brain vs Hardware filters

[Tony Morgan]

Cathy,
Stick with it and you'll be a real expert in no time yourself.

73,

Tony W7GO
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Cathy James" <prjames at mindspring.com>
To: <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2007 8:47 PM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Brain vs Hardware filters


> 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.
> 
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