[Elecraft] More precise pitch options?

Oliver Johns ojohns at metacosmos.org
Sun Dec 11 15:15:23 EST 2011


Hi Gary,

I use F# at 740.0.  Maybe that's too high for you?

73,

Oliver
W6ODJ


On Dec 11, 2011, at 9:03 AM, Gary Smith 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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