[RTTY] RTTY Fatigue

[David G3YYD]

I use closed back headphones with foam ear plugs for RTTY contesting. This reduces the fan noise from the amplifiers enabling low level of RTTY tones. The reduction in fatigue is well worth it for such a low cost solution. It probably also reduces the tinnitus risk when listening to a narrow tonal range for such long periods of time.

73 David G3YYD

 
-----Original Message-----
From: RTTY [mailto:rtty-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Ed Muns
Sent: 19 February 2017 01:10
To: tshoppa at gmail.com
Cc: rtty at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [RTTY] RTTY Fatigue

Turn down the audio gain (headphones or speakers) to the lowest level you can hear.  In RTTY all you need to know is when transmissions begin and end.  This will be much less fatiguing.

73,
Ed W0YK
On Feb 13, 2017 16:37, Tim Shoppa <tshoppa at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> AC0C writes: 
> > I don't know about the other guys, but by the 2nd day all of my 
> > fingers
> have
> > turned to thumbs, I can't hear anything other than a diddle-diddle 
> > even
> when
> > I'm out of the room, and my body won't control all those thumbs very 
> > well
> -
> > oh yea, eyes won't focus and the world is in slow motion! 
>
> About noon on Saturday all the characters on my screen started looking 
> like Egyptian Hieroglyphics. I knew it was time for a lunch break when 
> I called Vulture-Reed-Leg-Cobra and he told me I was a dupe.
>
> Tim N3QE
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