[Elecraft] CW listening pitch

[Barry]

Like W4BQF, I can carry on a QSO at 100+ WPM.  Personally, I like the tone
bout 500 Hz.  

Don't forget that a square wave is made up of a sine wave + its odd
harmonics.  The higher the fundamental freq, the higher those first few, and
most important, odd harmonics are.  This can cause the waveform to lose its
sharp edges and sound mushy when there is attenuation of those higher freqs
due to hearing loss.

Re musical ability, I played clarinet in jr high school and early high
school, but gave it up because they required performing in marching band at
the weekend football games - this interfered with contesting!  I can play a
little piano by ear, but never took lessons - one of my regrets...  I recall
having this CW/music discussion with K1AR and others at the contesting suite
in Dayton many years ago - just about everyone in the group had some musical
ability.

Barry W2UP



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