[Elecraft] OK, odd question

[Buck]

I find it helpful to tune from a high pitch to a low pitch.  That way, I 
hear the signal coming rather than have it sneak up behind me and tune 
past the optimum tone.  That means, I have to shift the Reverse function 
depending on whether I am tuning up or down in frequency.



Buck, k4ia
Honor Roll
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EasyWayHamBooks.com

On 2/14/2018 11:51 AM, Don Wilhelm wrote:
> I for one like the tuning direction of the Elecraft rigs in CW (LSB). 
> When I began ham radio using much older receivers, I liked listening 
> with the BFO set to LSB.  My perception was "If the pitch goes up, I am 
> tuning to a higher frequency".  Those receivers did not have very good 
> frequency resolution and it helped me in tuning correctly.
> 
> I realize that is my preference, others like it the other way around. It 
> is easy to set the Elecraft gear to CW reverse, and that is "sticky", so 
> you only have to change it once for each band.
> 
> It is a designer's choice, so I guess Wayne agrees with me because he 
> made LSB CW the default.
> 
> 73,
> Don W3FPR
> 
> On 2/14/2018 11:15 AM, Chuck Chandler wrote:
>> Something that bugs me just a tiny wee bit.
>>
>>
>> So, for years I used a Kenwood or two, then a Yaesu or three, then a
>> Ten-Tec.  Much of the time on CW.  When I tuned a band, say 20M, I would
>> start at the bottom of the band and tune upwards in frequency.  When I 
>> did
>> this, as I approached a CW signal it would be higher-pitched.  As I 
>> tuned it
>> to zero-beat with my 500-Hz CW offset the pitch would drop until it 
>> matched
>> my 500 Hz spot.  If I tuned too far, the pitch would drop below 500, then
>> drop off the scale as I tuned past it.  Similar in fashion to tuning a 
>> USB
>> signal.
>>
>>
>> My Elecraft tunes similar to one other rig I have owned, an iCom 706 
>> MkIIG.
>> As I tune up the band I first hear a low-pitched CW signal, then it 
>> centers,
>> then it gets higher in pitch.  Similar to tuning an LSB signal.
>>
>>
>> This doesn't make a difference in usability, I guess it's due to the
>> receiver architecture.  And, yeah, I can go to "CW-R" and it works the 
>> way
>> all those other radios did.
>>
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