[Elecraft] CW Tone

Tom, N5GE n5ge at n5ge.com
Sun Jan 25 16:03:49 EST 2009


On Sun, 25 Jan 2009 13:17:05 -0500, you wrote:

>Tom,
>
>What you are missing is the ability to even conceive of the problem we 
>tone-deaf folks have.
>Yes, we can hear the 'warble', and once detected it is easy to get the 
>warble rate down very close to zero. The real problem for some of us is 
>in getting the two tones close enough to produce that 'warble'..
>I can hear two tones, and know that they are different, but my brain 
>cannot determine if I should increase or decrease the frequency of the 
>signal to get the two tones closer in pitch.
>
>For those who share my difficulty, tools such a Spectrogram and in the 
>K3, the CWT indicator are valuable aids.
>
>73,
>Don W3FPR

Don,

Thanks for the explanation.  Now I understand.

Tom, N5GE
http://www.n5ge.com
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