[Elecraft] Best CW Pitch???

[drewko1 at verizon.net]

Ok, I've recorded several sets of filter settings for different
sidetone/offsets, so now I can change them in about a minute. Doing
this shouldn't be a problem for the rig, right?

If you wanted to you could put one set of filters in the CW Normal
slots and another set in the CW Rev slots. I suppose for the CW Rev
filters you could put the BFO on the 'wrong' side of center and you
would then have two sets of filters, two different sidetone/offsets,
both CW Norm, right? Not sure I'd really want to do that; just
wondering.

73,
Drew
AF2Z

On Sat, 29 Sep 2007 16:33:53 -0400, Don W3FPR wrote:

>Drew,
>
>Like other things in life, one often must make compromises.  That 
>compromise would ideally be made based on your preferences and with 
>knowledge of what is best for certain conditions.
>
>We know that low pitches are better for the brain to separate two 
>different pitches (a signal in QRM), and we also know that very high 
>speed CW operators like a higher pitch because it is easier to discern 
>the code elements.  If you belong to either group, your choice is 
>obvious, but I believe for most, the compromise using the Elecraft 
>default of 600 Hz makes sense - but you can change it for any reason if 
>you have a desire to do that.
>
>I have heard that weak signal operators (i.e. EME) like to use a wide 
>bandwidth, but I have not heard about a preferred pitch.
>
>73,
>Don W3FPR