[ARC5] Basic Question on Use of Command Sets

[Mike Feher]

John -

I like the earphones on the 19, but, cannot stand the connectors :). - Mike

Mike B. Feher, N4FS
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-----Original Message-----
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Behalf Of J. Forster
Sent: Sunday, January 09, 2011 2:33 PM
To: Bob Macklin
Cc: Jack Antonio; arc5 at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [ARC5] Basic Question on Use of Command Sets

The Canadian tankers had really nice dense foam ringed headsets that were
chamois covered. They are great even after 60+ years.

-John

==============


> Yes the headsets did provided some protection. We used headsets with foam
> muffs.
>
> But you could feel the both the guns and the engines.
>
> The guns were not the main problem. The much longer exposure to the engine
> noise was the problem.
>
> Bob Macklin
> K5MYJ
> Seattle, Wa.
> "Real Radios Glow In The Dark"
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "J. Forster" <jfor at quik.com>
> To: "Bob Macklin" <macklinbob at msn.com>
> Cc: "Jack Antonio" <scr287 at att.net>; <arc5 at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Sunday, January 09, 2011 9:54 AM
> Subject: Re: [ARC5] Basic Question on Use of Command Sets
>
>
>> Clearly. But weren't the guns much louder?
>>
>> Also, did the commom headsets provide any noise reduction. I know those
>> used in the UK & Canadian Wireless Set 19, etc are quite good at
>> excluding
>> external racket.
>>
>> -John
>>
>> =============
>>
>>
>>> The noise from the guns was only for short periods. The engine noise
>>> was
>>> for
>>> the entire mission.
>>>
>>> In 1958 we got our first ear protection for when we were working on the
>>> flightline.
>>>
>>> Bob Macklin
>>> K5MYJ
>>> Seattle, Wa.
>>> "Real Radios Glow In The Dark"
>>> T/SGT USAF
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "J. Forster" <jfor at quik.com>
>>> To: "Jack Antonio" <scr287 at att.net>
>>> Cc: <arc5 at mailman.qth.net>
>>> Sent: Sunday, January 09, 2011 8:25 AM
>>> Subject: Re: [ARC5] Basic Question on Use of Command Sets
>>>
>>>
>>>> I*'d have thought the guns firing was a whole lot louder than the
>>>> engines.
>>>>
>>>> -Jo0hn
>>>>
>>>> ============
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> One of the owners of the company I used to work for
>>>>> was a B-25 pilot in the Pacific.  He was deaf in his
>>>>> left ear, because of that.  The prop was very near
>>>>> to the cockpit, and due to the heat, they flew with
>>>>> everything open most of the time.
>>>>>
>>>>> (I wonder, though, how much sound insulating
>>>>> properties plexiglass would have had, probably not
>>>>> much).
>>>>>
>>>>> He said that most B-25 pilots were deaf in their
>>>>> left ear, copilots went deaf in the right ear.
>>>>>
>>>>> Jack Antonio WA7DIA/4
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 1/8/2011 9:32 PM, Kenneth G. Gordon wrote:
>>>>>> On 7 Jan 2011 at 17:49, Bob Macklin wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Do you want to know the nosiest place in a bomber? It's the open
>>>>>>> waist
>>>>>>> gun ports! Especially in a B-25. You are looking right at the
>>>>>>> exhaust
>>>>>>> stacks!
>>>>>> My understanding is that the B-25 was the loudest
>>>>>> twin-piston-engined
>>>>>> bomber ever used by the U.S. military...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Then...there was the "Thunder-shreik"...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Ken W7EKB
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