Return-Path: Received: (qmail 1535 invoked from network); 22 May 2000 14:10:10 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO post.thorcom.com) (212.172.148.70) by teachers.core.plus.net.uk with SMTP; 22 May 2000 14:10:10 -0000 Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 3.02 #1) id 12tspB-0002KY-00 for rsgb_lf_group-outgoing@blacksheep.org; Mon, 22 May 2000 15:04:53 +0100 Received: from mserv1c.u-net.net ([195.102.240.33]) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 3.02 #1) id 12tspA-0002KT-00 for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Mon, 22 May 2000 15:04:52 +0100 Received: from rsgb.u-net.com ([195.102.80.225] helo=rsgb.org.uk) by mserv1c.u-net.net with esmtp (Exim 2.10 #35) id 12tsob-0003Es-00 for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Mon, 22 May 2000 15:04:17 +0100 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal Received: from miked by rsgb.org.uk with SMTP (MDaemon.v2.8.7.4.R) for ; Mon, 22 May 2000 15:01:03 +0100 From: "Mike Dennison" X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org Date: Mon, 22 May 2000 15:01:02 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Subject: Re: LF: Re: Best tone for aural copy In-reply-to: <39292E1E.C83238C8@club-internet.fr> X-Mailer: Pegasus Mail for Win32 (v3.11) X-MDaemon-Deliver-To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org X-Return-Path: miked@mail.rsgbhq Message-ID: Precedence: bulk Reply-To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org X-Listname: rsgb_lf_group Sender: > > 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 I know those times - when even the birds seem to be sending Morse . . . . Mike, G3XDV (IO91VT) http://www.dennison.demon.co.uk/activity.htm