[ARC5] T-30 throat mic.

[Richard Schumann]

 >olding the microphone and keying it in the bargain,

Hmmm...that begs the question as to how the T-30 was keyed....button on 
the yolk?

Curious minds...etc.

Richard kn7sfz







On 1/12/2015 13:52, Mike Hanz wrote:
> I think enthusiastic deployment in the 1930s was driven *far* more by 
> the "hands free" feature than intelligibility, Ken.  There were just 
> too many things for the pilot to do without adding the responsibility 
> of holding the microphone and keying it in the bargain, especially in 
> an emergency.  It was another one of those "seemed like a good idea at 
> the time..."  And, as my UK correspondent indicated, it did seem to 
> work for some people. Perhaps it was the British accent? :-)
>