[Elecraft] What does the frequency readout mean?

[Don Wilhelm]

Pete,

When receiving in CW-USB and you tune to a lower pitch, you will be 
tuning to a higher frequency.
If the receiving station is also using CW-USB, the pitch in his receiver 
will go up.
I just verified that on the test bench.

73,
Don W3FPR

On 2/20/2013 7:55 AM, Pete Smith N4ZR wrote:
> I'm sorry I misled everyone with my mistake, writing "RIT". Imeant the 
> *main tuning knob*, so both transmit and receive frequencies are being 
> changed. Try re-reading the question this way:
>
> Same setup, but listening to a signal on the air.  "Beat note" is ~500 
> Hz.  I turn the main tuning knob so that the received signal is  lower 
> frequency - say 200 Hz.  I transmit.  What does the station on the 
> other end hear, assuming he is also using USB-CW? Does my "beat note" 
> go up in his receiver, or down?
>
> What I'm trying to understand is this.  I've clicked on a cluster 
> spot. So have a lot of other people, so they are all in a pile +/- 10 
> Hz.  If I tune down (frequency and beat note, both) what does the 
> station I'm calling hear?  Is my perceived beat note also lower in his 
> RX, or is it higher?  I think it is the former, butwould like 
> confirmation or correction.