[TenTec] Precision in Frequency displays

[Eric F. Richards]

At 06:35 PM 3/4/2003 -1000, you wrote:
>Hi all,
>
>My fourty something year old ears (which are better than my memory of how 
>old I am) can definitely tell the difference between a 10 Hz beat and a 1 
>Hz beat. Does it matter? Probably not for CW or SSB. However when keeping 
>the BFO on to improve the reception of a AM (either MW or SW) signal with 
>selective fading it really does make a difference. I can tell the 
>difference between 1 Hz and half a Hz. So in that situation, yes it 
>matters. ..It should also be noted that Precision, Accuracy and Resolution 
>are related, but are NOT the same things. A zero after the last changeable 
>digit implies a precision greater than the resolution, and says nothing 
>about the accuracy.

Anyone who took high-school physics should be able to give a learned
discourse on the subject, especially if he or she ever had an answer
overwritten with "SIG FIGS" in red ink! :-)


>Ken N6KB
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