Uplinker
1st Jul 2001, 13:37
Gents and Ladies in ATC land, a question from a pilot.
When assessing RT transmissions, the quality is reported as strength 5-1 as you know. I am curious to know (and can't remember) whether this assessment includes the clarity of speech, or is it just the strength of the radio transmitter.
I ask because the other day the Jersey ground controller (summer) had a very muffled microphone, as if he was talking through a sock compared to all the other users of that frequency. When I told the controller this, he asked another aircraft how he read him, and the A/C reported "5's".
Now the ground transmissions were very strong with no static, hiss, or interference, (therefore strength 5 ?), but the controllers voice was very muffled.
Do your Headset and microphones get checked for this ?.
Please advise.
Thanks.
[This message has been edited by Uplinker (edited 01 July 2001).]
When assessing RT transmissions, the quality is reported as strength 5-1 as you know. I am curious to know (and can't remember) whether this assessment includes the clarity of speech, or is it just the strength of the radio transmitter.
I ask because the other day the Jersey ground controller (summer) had a very muffled microphone, as if he was talking through a sock compared to all the other users of that frequency. When I told the controller this, he asked another aircraft how he read him, and the A/C reported "5's".
Now the ground transmissions were very strong with no static, hiss, or interference, (therefore strength 5 ?), but the controllers voice was very muffled.
Do your Headset and microphones get checked for this ?.
Please advise.
Thanks.
[This message has been edited by Uplinker (edited 01 July 2001).]