Return-Path: Received: (qmail 12293 invoked from network); 22 May 2000 12:01:03 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO post.thorcom.com) (212.172.148.70) by teachers.core.plus.net.uk with SMTP; 22 May 2000 12:01:03 -0000 Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 3.02 #1) id 12tqlj-0001nH-00 for rsgb_lf_group-outgoing@blacksheep.org; Mon, 22 May 2000 12:53:11 +0100 Received: from front5m.grolier.fr ([195.36.216.55]) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 3.02 #1) id 12tqli-0001nC-00 for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Mon, 22 May 2000 12:53:10 +0100 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal Received: from club-internet.fr (ppp-44-48-102.wmar.club-internet.fr [213.44.48.102]) by front5m.grolier.fr (8.9.3/No_Relay+No_Spam_MGC990224) with ESMTP id NAA21621 for ; Mon, 22 May 2000 13:53:06 +0200 (MET DST) Message-ID: <39292E1E.C83238C8@club-internet.fr> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Date: Mon, 22 May 2000 13:55:05 +0100 From: "M & S" X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5 [fr] (Macintosh; I; PPC) X-Accept-Language: fr,fr,es-ES MIME-Version: 1.0 To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org Subject: Re: LF: Re: Best tone for aural copy References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Precedence: bulk Reply-To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org X-Listname: rsgb_lf_group Sender: Hi Mike, > I have often noticed that I can read a signal better on the tiny > speaker in the lid of my IC-706 Mk1 than I can when I put on > headphones. In fact I use phones only to exclude external noise, > not to improve readability. This is especially true during HF contests when the oprator gets tired at the end of the competition (you know, when those headphones start to irritate your ears...). It's sometimes easier to put the phones down on the table, wide open, and to listen with the ambient noise around. 73, Mark, F6JSZ