[Elecraft] Shouting at the Mic? (WAS: Which Heil Prosets should we carry?)

[Ron D'Eau Claire]

It's good your operators did well, but there's strong evidence their success
was in spite of their voice technique, not because of it. 

I based my comments on extensive studies done by military and commercial
services that showed that a raised, strained voice reduces communications
efficiency, especially in a stressful situation. 

That's why air traffic controllers, emergency service dispatchers and many
others are carefully taught to *never* raise their voices on the air. They
need to be heard, and heard correctly, as quickly as possible. 

Ron AC7AC

-----Original Message-----
My "Baptism of Fire" was with MD4K on the IOM in CQWW MM . Thirty seconds
after the contest started I was in shock..Five 
other operators, all in the same small room shouting their heads 
off. Transmitting  CQ and callsign, and hearing the same said by 
others, albeit not quite in sync is quite off-putting !

That fact they are GOOD OPERATORS was shown in the results table 
when it was published. They managed just fine.

The Heil headsets were about as good as a "Chocolate Fire Guard", 
however eventually my brain started filtering out the background 
noise. 

73
Stewart G3RXQ