Zero Beat was never a problem when we all had 6 KC wide IFs and crystal control. We just couldn't do it.
Willis 'Cookie' Cooke K5EWJ --- On Wed, 1/21/09, Ron D'Eau Claire <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Ron D'Eau Claire <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] CW ZERO-BEATING WITHOUT BUTTON PUSHES > To: [email protected] > Date: Wednesday, January 21, 2009, 11:27 AM > A fun "game" I play is to tune in a station then > check my accuracy with > SPOT while he's sending. I'm a bit miffed if I can > hear more than a 5 or 10 > Hz error, Hi! > > > > But some people have real trouble doing that. It reminds me > that some others > have a serious problem finding zero beat even using SPOT. > > > > Ron AC7AC > > > > > > > > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > K4GM-George > Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2009 10:12 AM > To: K9ZTV > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] CW ZERO-BEATING WITHOUT BUTTON > PUSHES > > > > I agree with everything you say and have used this method > for years. Now if > only I could decode RTTY by listening!! <grin> > 73, George K4GM > > K9ZTV wrote: > > As a adjunct to the recent posts on using the Spot and CWT > features . . . > > There is a third capability that many long-time CW > operators intuitively > possess. It is the immediate recognition of the > correspondence of an > incoming signal's pitch to that of the operator's > longtime preferred > sidetone pitch. > > Just as well known voices of loved ones and friends are > instantly > recognizable when their faces can't be seen, so also > one's preferred > sidetone pitch is likewise instantly recognizable when a > signal is being > tuned in and "hits" that pitch. This feature of > the human brain requires no > button pushes other than the initial setting of the > sidetone pitch > frequency. Once this is set, neither the SPOT nor CWT > buttons need be used > (on any rig). This "cerebral feature" is always > there, regardless of the > brand or model of rig being operated. > > Several of us used this capability on Straight Key Night > when operating a > friend's FT-2000 with it's myriad of buttons, > switches, and multi-layered > controls. Once we set the sidetone pitch to our > individually preferred > frequencies, zero-beating was intuitive. > > However, hearing impairment is a whole different issue and > may well require > the CWT visual aid. > > > 73, > > Kent K9ZTV > > > > > > > > > _____ > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Post to: [email protected] > You must be a subscriber to post to the list. > Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm > Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com > _______________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Post to: [email protected] > You must be a subscriber to post to the list. > Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm > Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
