[Elecraft] Changing CW pitch?

Dave Cole dave at nk7z.net
Mon Dec 5 20:21:14 EST 2016


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Dave
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On 12/05/2016 04:51 PM, Don Wilhelm wrote:
> That is correct, AND if you have the KDSP2, you need to set those filter
> centers to your new sidetone pitch in the DSP menu settings.
>
> 73,
> Don W3FPR
>
> On 12/5/2016 7:48 PM, Cameron Francey wrote:
>>
>> And if I'm not mistaken if you also have the audio filter add-on
>> connected you need to adjust that to the new center frequency too.
>>
>> I actually recently just done the same task on my K2.
>>
>>
>> Cameron,
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> *From:* Elecraft <elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net> on behalf of Don
>> Wilhelm <donwilh at embarqmail.com>
>> *Sent:* Monday, December 5, 2016 4:34 PM
>> *To:* Eddy Avila; elecraft at mailman.qth.net
>> *Subject:* Re: [Elecraft] Changing CW pitch?
>> Ed,
>>
>> The short answer is YES.
>>
>> You can change the sidetone pitch, but that is only the sidetone that
>> you hear - and that setting also determines the transmit offset.
>>
>> Assuming your CW filters are currently centered at your 580Hz pitch, you
>> will need to move the center of the CW filters to whatever pitch you
>> choose for the sidetone.  That is done with the CAL FIL procedure.
>> You will need the internal counter probe.  It is easy if you use an
>> audio spectrum analyzer like Spectrogram and feed the K2 ANT input with
>> a broadband noise generator - you can see the peak of the filter
>> passband.
>>
>> 73,
>> Don W3FPR
>>
>>
>> On 12/5/2016 7:15 PM, Eddy Avila wrote:
>> > I'm thinking of changing the CW pitch on my K2 from 580hz to 650hz,
>> maybe 700hz........my question, do I really need to realign the
>> filters? This is what I've read!
>> >
>> >
>> > I'm discovering I like a higher tone rather than lower CW tone. At
>> 67-years-old, go figure
>> >
>> >
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