[CQ-Contest] Impressive demonstration of one dB of signal strength impro

[Hans Brakob]

I have severe high-frequency hearing loss, but even before that loss I preferred a CW pitch of around 350-400cps (it was before they invented Hz).

It was easier to separate from ambient noise, and the “difference percentage” also made it easier to distinguish from other nearby competing signals.


73, de Hans, KØHB
“Just a Boy and his Radio”

________________________________
From: CQ-Contest <cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com> on behalf of James Cain <jamesdavidcain at gmail.com>
Sent: Friday, August 23, 2019 7:20 AM
To: CQ-Contest Reflector
Subject: [CQ-Contest] Impressive demonstration of one dB of signal strength impro

For me, the pitch is WAY too high on that demo, by many hundreds of Hertz.
I've always tuned for a very low pitch, whether with 15-year-old hearing or
70 and always thought that most CW ops did, too. BTW, I have terrific
hearing. I can hear the nuances on Sgt Pepper that I first heard in 1967.

K1TN
_______________________________________________
CQ-Contest mailing list
CQ-Contest at contesting.com
http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/cq-contest