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

[David Cutter]

In the controlled environments of which I am familiar (military and 
commercial) all operators have side tone whether they like it or not.  We 
amateurs have a choice of side tone or not and I'm coming to the conclusion 
that's at least half the problem of shouting.

David
G3UNA

> 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
>
>
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