[Elecraft] More precise pitch options?

[Matt Zilmer]

Why not set it to 660Hz, which is a half-octave up from A?  Er, maybe
this is TOO high a pitch, but at least it should be close to dead-on
to a real note on the keyboard...  Should be right on top of E.

73,
matt W6NIA

On Sun, 11 Dec 2011 12:03:37 -0500, you wrote:

>This probably is of little interest to most but I would like the 
>ability to fine tune the pitch in closer than 10 Hz increments. I'm a 
>musician and have for practical purposes, perfect pitch. I have my 
>pitch set at 590 which is the closest approximation to the proper 
>pitch for "D" (which is 587.33) When I have the pitch set to 590, I 
>know it's almost a "D" note but it's a bit disquieting at the same 
>time. 
>
>A = 440 and while I can select this, it's low a tone to be pleasing 
>on CW. A pure note on the scale would be such a pleasure to hear, 
>much more psychoacousticly pleasing.
>
>Actual frequencies for all the individual notes are here:
>http://www.piano-tuners.org/history/pitch.html
>
>Any way the powers that be might also allow an entry to pitch from 
>the keypad, like when we use it to select Rf frequency?
>
>Thanks,
>Gary
>KA1J 
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