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From: btree!hale@ucsd.edu (Bob Hale)
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Subject: Re: Telecom Peeves
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Date: 25 Jul 90 18:24:11 GMT
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In article <9788@accuvax.nwu.edu> gs26@prism.gatech.edu (Glenn R.
Stone) writes:

>I've never heard one in action, so I don't know how well it worked,
>but it seems to have got us thru the war, so there must be something
>there.

The fidelity of a throat microphone is *awful*, to the point where it
impairs intelligibility. I'm speaking of the war surplus ones that I
used to be able to buy in the surplus stores in Southern California in
the late 50's.

Maybe the technology has improved but I'd have to hear it to believe
it.


Bob Hale                        ...!ucsd!btree!hale
619-535-3234                    ...!btree!hale@ucsd.edu