Stop Yelling!!!

[marcspaz]

 

Okay, im just going to put it out there. If you speak louder into the microphone, we are not going to hear you better. Just stop. Thats not how this works. In fact, the louder you are, the worse the quality is. Again, it doesn't matter what radio you have nor what microphone you have, if we are having trouble hearing you due to a poor signal or some technical issue, yelling at the mic doesn't help.

 

There are exactly 2 times when yelling at the mic is appropriate. One is when the ambient noise level is high and you are trying to make your voice more distinguishable from the background. The other is when you DON'T key up, but you are yelling at the dummy on the other end.  In both cases, I recommend you put the mic down and come back to the radio when the issue subsides.

 

I hear this everyday I'm on the radio (and no, it's not because I am the one yelling at the radio). That is why I mention it.

[SteveShannon]

42 minutes ago, marcspaz said:

 

Okay, im just going to put it out there. If you speak louder into the microphone, we are not going to hear you better. Just stop. Thats not how this works. In fact, the louder you are, the worse the quality is. Again, it doesn't matter what radio you have nor what microphone you have, if we are having trouble hearing you due to a poor signal or some technical issue, yelling at the mic doesn't help.

 

There are exactly 2 times when yelling at the mic is appropriate. One is when the ambient noise level is high and you are trying to make your voice more distinguishable from the background. The other is when you DON'T key up, but you are yelling at the dummy on the other end.  In both cases, I recommend you put the mic down and come back to the radio when the issue subsides.

 

I hear this everyday I'm on the radio (and no, it's not because I am the one yelling at the radio). That is why I mention it.

However, (with great affection for my friend Marc) I also have experienced way too many people who don’t speak up when talking into the microphone. That’s equally problematic. 
So, speak up but don’t yell. 

[Lscott]

53 minutes ago, marcspaz said:

There are exactly 2 times when yelling at the mic is appropriate.

Three. When one is lazy and holds the microphone 3 feet away from their mouth.

[LeoG]

I like yelling.  That's what grumpy old men do.

[Lscott]

14 minutes ago, SteveShannon said:

However, (with great affection for my friend Marc) I also have experienced way too many people who don’t speak up when talking into the microphone. That’s equally problematic. 
So, speak up but don’t yell. 

That's a real problem. I've monitored security people at various malls where I go. I have to crank up the volume to hear anything, then the other party comes on the air and blows out my eardrums.

People who are required to use radios for communications on the job should get trained on proper communication technique. I see ding-dongs with the radio on the belt and speaker-mic hanging over the shoulder. Then they look to the side opposite of where the speaker-mic is and press the PTT button and can't figure out why they get constant requests to repeat their last transmission because you can't hear them. Dah!

[WRQI663]

Moe: Oh, look a microphonie

Curley: and a phony at the mic (nyuk nyuk nyuk)