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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