> but I sure find it annoying when
> listening to two stations in qso and I can't tune to a point
> where both are
> inside my 500 Hz filter at the same time!
>
People's preference for a comfortable CW tone can vary widely. I can
remember when I was at NR5M contest station and operating with K5GN on 20m
CW one night during a DX contest. With our headphones Tee'd together, Dave
would tend to pick out and log calls from the pileup that were higher in
pitch than those I was picking out and writing down for him.
We were able to do two QSO per QRZ -- nr5m test, pileup, (Dave copies:
gm0abc; me: ua3lr), us: gm0abc 599 tx, him: nr5m 599 100, us: tu nw ua3lr
599 tx, him: nr5m 599 300, us: tu qrz nr5m. Fun.
I used to attribute to those stations calling me more than a 100 or 200 Hz
off my freq in a contest as having their RIT's on and offset. I'm not so
sure now. As a person ages, hearing losses affect the higher frequencies
first. Maybe that's more of a factor than just an inadvertent RIT offset.
73,
dale, kg5u
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