[Elecraft] CW listening pitch

[W0MU Mike Fatchett]

I like the pitch around 400-500.  It is all operator preference.

Mike W0MU

On 3/1/2015 3:28 PM, Edward R Cole wrote:
> These days my ear is perfectly tuned to 1000-Hz.  I can whistle it 
> within a few Hz.  45 years of working on radios with 1000-Hz tone 
> modulation.
>
> 73, Ed - KL7UW
> I usually tune CW pitch somewhere near 550 to 700 Hz for weak-signal 
> copying (SNR=0).
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> > 440 Hz is A above middle-C.  Middle C is 261.6 Hz.
>
> Yes.  I believe that's the "universal orchestral tuning pitch."
>
> My XYL and I have a running joke.  When we go to anything musical, and 
> the
> orchestra commences tuning, I ask "What's that?"  She says "A" and 
> we're ready to
> enjoy another performance.
>
> 73,
>
> George T Daughters, K6GT
> CU in the California QSO Party (CQP)
> October 3-4, 2015
>
>
> 73, Ed - KL7UW
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