[Elecraft] CW Pitch Resolution

[Nicklas Johnson]

I have to agree with the assessment that there being one "ideal" pitch for
CW is bunk.  It's a load of nonsense.

I'm a person who CAN perceive even tiny deviations in pitch, but CW is
information encoded in the on/off timing, not in the pitch, so it seems
really weird to me to try to make it conform to some kind of musical
standard.  The pitches we use in music are all pretty arbitrary anyway.
 There used to be wide disagreement even about the frequency for "A", and
there are tuning systems other than 12-tone equal temperament, too.

Every person's cochlea frequency response is going to vary a little, and
some people (like me) will even have a slightly different curve from one
ear to the other.

The "best" frequency at which to hear CW is the one that sounds good to you
at the moment and that you can copy the best right now, end of story, IMHO.

   Nick




On 13 October 2013 07:46, Brian Alsop <alsopb at nc.rr.com> wrote:

> Hi John,
>
> I read that article too.  Personally I think it is a lot of bunk. It
> assumes perfect hearing.
>

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