I prefer the Golden Ratio for my solder, but 63/37 is often the best I can find. Sadly.
wunder K6WRU On Oct 19, 2013, at 11:22 PM, Al Lorona wrote: > You are right about all of that, but the original post (and the original QST > letter to which it referred) appeared to be talking about copying a single > signal, rather than the complex process of discriminating between two signals > close to each other, and it implied some near-universal psychoacoustic > preference for the single frequency of 432 Hz. Not 430, not 435, but 432! > This supposed preference is what I rejected as junk science. > > The next thing you know, someone somewhere is going to claim that Elecraft > radios soldered with 63/37 solder sound superior to those soldered with a > different blend. > > Al W6LX [who listens at about a D-flat] > > >>> I'll inject some science into the discussion based on my profession of >>> electroacoustics. >>> 73, Jim K9YC > > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net/ > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html -- Walter Underwood wun...@wunderwood.org ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html