[Elecraft] CW Secrets of the Masters

[John King]

400 Hz is my upper limit as well.
Lower than 300 Hz is certainly desirable to me.

I have forty plus years on CW, and no significant
hearing loss. I do the between-the-headphones DSP
far more effectively at 400 Hz and below.

73,
  john  WA1ABI


> -----Original Message-----
> From: elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net
> [mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net]On Behalf Of David Cutter
> Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2008 2:17 PM
> To: Bill W4ZV; elecraft at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] CW Secrets of the Masters
>
>
> This makes perfect sense.  The ears have a logarithmic response to sound
> pressure and to frequency.
>
> David
> G3UNA
>
> >>
> >>
> >> Another one that Fred K3ZO (many time winner of Dayton CW pileup
> >> contests)
> >> recently mentioned is using extremely low pitch for weak signals.  Fred
> >> said many commercial ops he knew used somewhere in the 2-300
> Hz range so
> >> he thought his favored 400 Hz was rather high!
> >>
> > 73,  Bill  W4ZV
> >
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