[Elecraft] K3 rx audio: who's on first?

[DOUGLAS ZWIEBEL]

Dave, W7AQK sed:
>If I read it right, Bill, W4ZV, is responding to Doug by quoting Fred!

Yup...that's right!  The problem here is lack of a data dictionary.
Fred calls "wide" for cw as just under 1kc.  I do too!  My operating
style is well documented on many reflectors and I like a "wide" cw
filter for most contesting also.  I'll use narrow when called for
(400-600hz). Maybe I'll use 200 hz a couple time per conetst...maybe.

When contesting and doing S+P, especially on 40m here on the East
Coast when the band is hot to EUR, I will crank down the BW to
"narrow" and walk the band from bottom to top.  It never ceases to
amaze me how I can call some "gnat" signal which would normally be
covered by a loud, close station unless I used a narrow filter, and
the guy will return my call.  Clearly, he is not hearing the "loud"
guy as loudly as I am (if at all)...and he must also be wondering why
he isn't getting a lot more calls.  :-)

My initial reaction to suggestion about using SSB filter for cw was
that "wide" must be 2.7 or 2.8khz, which is just too wide for me
unless you're on a very quiet (meaning the opposite of crowded) band.
To me, a wide filter is lets in too much "noise" which is what I find
to be fatiguing (different strokes, apparently).

Now we learn that even 2.8khz is not wide enough on cw for some.  Go
figure.   Each to his own.

I'm glad that the K3 can ostensibly accommodate everybody.

de Doug KR2Q