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

[David Gilbert]

Good thing I included the instructions so you could make your own, 
then.  Let me know if your results turn out significantly different than 
mine.  I chose the tones I did to be roughly centered on the noise 
spectrum I recorded.

I can think of a couple of reasons why a lower pitch might be desirable 
.... primarily the ability to better discern differences in pitch, but 
also because many hams find it less fatiguing.  I'm aware of hams who go 
down close to 200 Hz for contesting, but I'd bet a broad survey of hams 
would put the most commonly used pitches between 400 Hz and 600 Hz.

73,
Dave   AB7E


On 8/23/2019 2:19 AM, James Cain wrote:
> 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