[Elecraft] Best CW Pitch???

[drewko1 at verizon.net]

On Sat, 29 Sep 2007 08:42:05 -0400, Bill  W4ZV wrote:

>
>         I like very low pitch (240-270 Hz) for extremely weak signals in white
>noise.  I like 300 Hz for normal operating but go to 400-450 Hz in contests
>with a reasonably wide bandwidth (6-700 Hz) to catch off-frequency callers.
>On a wide quiet band, I will even go to 500 Hz pitch with a very wide
>bandwidth to catch callers up to 500 Hz off-frequency (BTW Japanese
>stations are much worse than EU for calling off-frequency).
>

Wow! I find this amazing. I have just never used a pitch that low. I
will have to try it I guess. Seems like I am way higher than normal at
800 Hz. I like a wide filter most of the time also: 2 KHz & 1 KHz most
of the time, seldom dropping to 0.5 or 0.2.

Is a low pitch better for weak signals? I guess I never knew that.

73,
Drew
AF2Z