[RTTY] RTTY Fatigue

[Jim W7RY]

I use ly Bose QC2 noise canceling fill ear cover on 1 radio. Amd yes turned
down very low. Then i can keep the second rig low enough to hear on a
speaker.

Keeps the amp blowers so I can barely hear them too since the QC2 is
designed for airplane noise.


73 Jim W7RY


On Feb 19, 2017 6:17 AM, "David G3YYD" <g3yyd at btinternet.com> wrote:

> 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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