[TenTec] 400 Hz CW (was: INRAD audio mod helps Omni 6 Low PitchCW!)

[Larry Menzel]

I guess I'm amazed at how many of the guys on this list are all round the 
same age...I just turned 60 on Thurday.

Boomers all, eh?

Ok...ZV...you're a pre-boomer boomer at 61. And then there's guys like 
Pete...now he's REALLY old.

Larry, N0XB
March 2, 1946


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ken Adams K5KA" <k5ka at earthlink.net>
To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec at contesting.com>
Sent: Saturday, March 04, 2006 7:22 AM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] 400 Hz CW (was: INRAD audio mod helps Omni 6 Low 
PitchCW!)


>
> W4ZV:
>>          Me too Chuck!  Age 61,
>>          I don't think listening to low pitches has
>>much to do with hearing loss.  I've been doing this
>>for years simply because it seems to give my ear/brain
>>much better S/N for weak signals.
>
> Age here is 60 and I believe this to be true also.  I am mostly
> a CW contester and prefer 400hz 95% of the time.  But I can still
> hear those 800hz tones ok also.  I believe the real reason I prefer
> 400 vs 800 is that the lower standard allows me to distinguish the 
> difference
> between 2 stations calling at the same time ..... ie;
>
> Listening at 400hz:
>      1 caller at 400hz and another at 450hz = 12.5% difference in freq.
> vs.
> Listening at 800hz:
>      1 caller at 800hz and another at 850hz = 6.25 % difference in tones.
>
> Ken K5KA
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