Most everyone has experienced poor radio traffic whether it be difficult to hear or transmit. Especially with the digital radios and SCBA mask, many times the message is difficult to understand. While wearing the SCBA mask, where does that portable radio mic go? To the voice amp? Or pressed against your throat? Or a few inches from your regulator? Or the exhalation valve on your mask? Many of you have different ideas on this, and there have been many formal and informal ways to determine what is best with the equipment you have.
The following is a decent video that describes proper portable radio use as it relates to speaking into the portable radio mic. In order to save 8 minutes of your life, start the video at the 8:20 mark and watch the "using portable radios and SCBA".
http://business.motorola.com/publicsafety/SayItLoud/SayItLoud.html
Link courtesy of Ken Neumann, Fairfax County Tower Ladder Chauffeur 36/A
2 comments:
But we're still having problems with these digital radios not being heard out of some basic structures. And lets not forget you can't transmit if you're laying on top of your radio. 2010 and we still can't figure this crap out!
Good video that can save some time when you need it the most.
On the other hand, Congrats to Tech. Ken Neumann on his 30 year anniversary at the FCFD. Well done!
-BOTB
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