David,
You bring up a good point - how we actually sound to others is not
necessarily how we perceive ourselves.
Here is the alternative that I use:
I have a good fidelity stereo system in the hamshack, and also have a
recording of a male speaking voice (from a book on 'tape'). I play the
recording on the stereo and hold the microphone close in front of the
speaker while listening to the K2 on a separate receiver. A talk radio
program can also provide a source speaking voice.
The major drawback for this method is that just any sort of speaker will
not do the job - if the speaker is not of above average quality, it will
color its output and the microphone will receive a distorted sound.
I have also used this same method to evaluate various microphones for
communications clarity.
73,
Don W3FPR
David Cutter wrote:
Listening to one's own speech via another receiver, to optimise one's
own transmit settings still gives a subjective result, *on average*,
no better than another radio listener. Inevitably, it will be a
question of personal taste, unless you have special training. It is
true that radio amateurs are self trained to pick out particular words
and phrases in contest or noisey conditions, but, is there no better
way to make adjustments independent of taste and personal judgement?
eg speaking standard words to record speech spectrograms. Can these
be used to determine clarity?
David
G3UNA
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