RE: [Elecraft] Shouting at the Mic? (WAS: Which Heil Prosets should we carry?)
Toby wrote: I suppose it might be a question of definition of what a raised voice is. I'll never forget the first time I was in a studio during the 6PM news (actually it was shortly before 7PM) and was very surprised at the volume which the anchor used to speak. He did not shout (you breath differently when you shout) but he talked loudly. I have heard this time and time again at work over the years, a loud voice is better than one which is too low. This does not mean shouting or yelling! - Of course I'm the one who interpreted your "shout" literally, Toby! I did so because I have worked in Field Day setups where people did that to no good effect! The club finally started counseling sessions with each operator before he/she went on the air. It sounds like you're talking about what we, here in the USA at least, call projection rather than shouting. It's what a stage performer learns to do to be heard throughout an auditorium without a megawatt of audio amplification. It's not something most people do naturally, but something that comes through a lot of voice training. In the broadcast biz we had a lot of such people because along with "projection" they learned to enunciate and modulate their voices for the most pleasant effect. The end result is a lot of volume and range with far better than average understandability at all levels. I think it's almost a lost art these days, at least in the USA. More and more I hear actors in films and TV mumbling their way through lines. It's a real pleasure when an actor turns up who is perfectly clear and distinct, even when whispering. Ron AC7AC ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net 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
Re: [Elecraft] Shouting at the Mic? (WAS: Which Heil Prosets should we carry?)
In a message dated 12/29/2007 3:01:31 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Good evening, morning, day or night, > 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. I suppose it might be a question of definition of what a raised voice is. I'll never forget the first time I was in a studio during the 6PM news (actually it was shortly before 7PM) and was very surprised at the volume which the anchor used to speak. He did not shout (you breath differently when you shout) but he talked loudly. I have heard this time and time again at work over the years, a loud voice is better than one which is too low. This does not mean shouting or yelling! According the sound techs this has something to do with the dynamic range of the speech and allows lower microphone gain, which reduces the audio impact of the room surrounding the speaker. Also lower microphone gain has the advantage of picking less unwanted noise. When I referred to shouting I put in quotes on purpose, because I wanted to point out that when trying to fish out a week one, even a normal level voice will seem like shouting. In a broadcast studio, you have sound engineers monitoring everything that goes in and out of the transmitter, modulation levels are high priority. So a good sounding announcer is where it starts, a good engineer is where it flows. Ham Ops need to be both! Al WA6VNN **See AOL's top rated recipes (http://food.aol.com/top-rated-recipes?NCID=aoltop000304) ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net 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
Re: [Elecraft] Shouting at the Mic? (WAS: Which Heil Prosets should we carry?)
Good evening, morning, day or night, 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. I suppose it might be a question of definition of what a raised voice is. I'll never forget the first time I was in a studio during the 6PM news (actually it was shortly before 7PM) and was very surprised at the volume which the anchor used to speak. He did not shout (you breath differently when you shout) but he talked loudly. I have heard this time and time again at work over the years, a loud voice is better than one which is too low. This does not mean shouting or yelling! According the sound techs this has something to do with the dynamic range of the speech and allows lower microphone gain, which reduces the audio impact of the room surrounding the speaker. Also lower microphone gain has the advantage of picking less unwanted noise. When I referred to shouting I put in quotes on purpose, because I wanted to point out that when trying to fish out a week one, even a normal level voice will seem like shouting. vy 73 de toby es HAPPY NEW YEAR ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net 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
[Elecraft] Shouting at the Mic? (WAS: Which Heil Prosets should we carry?)
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 ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net 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
