Since I unleashed this discussion yesterday, I've had a lot of interesting and enjoyable off-list correspondence that, I believe, uncovered the issue.
When I last worked in non-Amateur voice communications over a decade ago, headphones weren't common unless one was in a very noisy environment such as an airplane cockpit. Headphone with integral micas have become very common today in both Amateur and commercial use, which makes sidetone not just practical, but preferable. And all the folks who pointed out that the level of the sidetone can be used to greatly reduce the tendency to shout are correct. I've seen that demonstrated with good effect to quiet down a "shouter" in the office by turning up his earphone volume without his realizing it. Ron AC7AC -----Original Message----- 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 _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
