[Elecraft] Re: Zero beat hint and why 800hz maximum?

[David Woolley (E.L)]

O. Johns wrote:

> Also, 740.0 is within a fraction of a Hertz of a correctly tuned 
> (well-tempered tuning) F#.  So there is good reason to have the 
> increments of sidetone pitch be 10 Hz rather than 50 Hz.

Might it not be better to use a logarithmic scale (e.g. equal tempered 
semi-tones) or a near logarithmic scale, with rational frequency ratios 
(natural (is this "well tempered"?) semitones).

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