[Elecraft] Auto-Spot Feature and Hearing

[Greg - AB7R]

If using this in a contest you will have to make sure your filter passband is quite 
narrow.  If there are multiple signals within the passband it will not know which 
signal to tune to.

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73,
Greg - AB7R
Whidbey Island WA
NA-065


On Wed May 14  7:57 , Lee Buller  sent:

>
>The Auto-Spot feature is very cool and has been excellent for me.  I have not yet 
loaded the new release, but I want to comment on what my experience has been.
>
>My hearing has diminished from 300 Hz all the way to 15,000 Hz and beyond.  IN fact, I 
peak at around 2,000 Hz and roll off some 60 db at 4,500 Hz.  The low end of the 
spectrum suffers as well as I roll of around 800 Hz some 20 db.  I have very little 
high end unless I crank it up and the walls start vibrating.  Hearing Aids would 
correct all this, but at $3,000 plus....well, you get the picture.  
>
>So, I always spot CW signals wrong because of my hearing defects.  I have a tendency 
to be high and the station does not hear me.  I have to remember to tune lower and to a 
softer sound of 600 Hz or so.  This has proven to be a problem during CW contesting and 
I have to really work at compensating for my hearing loss below a thousand Hz.  The 
Auto-Spot feature changed all that.  Just very cool.  I want to see how it works in a 
contest.
>
>So, protect your hearing and do not get "old."  Use hearing protection while mowing 
the lawn, going to rock concerts (what a fun time that was), listening to your Iron 
Butterfly LP (HE HE HE); use reasonable volume when working the contests, and while 
working in noisy environments (25 years in broadcasting using headphones).
>
>73
>Lee - K0WA
>
>
>
>In our day and age it seems that Common Sense is in short supply.  If you don't have 
any Common Sense - get some Common Sense and use it.  If you can't find any Common 
Sense, ask for help from somebody who has some Common Sense.  Is Common Sense divine?
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