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G6Tanuki · 9th Jun 2021, 8:53 pm

When mobile, I use a single-earpiece-and-boom-mic headset (ex-gaming-PC) with a push-button on/off switch mounted beside the gear-selector to do TX/RX changeover.

I don't see how talking to someone through a repeater, or on HF, is any more distractional than talking to a passenger. Pilots both civil and military seem quite able to fly at speeds an order of magnitude greater than you can drive, and engage in conversations with other crew-members/air-traffic-control without this being seen as a risk.

Sure, I wouldn't use a fist-mic if I was driving a manual-transmission car, but in times-past I drove many thousands of miles in automatics using a fist-mic in my left hand.

9th Jun 2021, 8:53 pm	#26
G6Tanuki Dekatron Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Wiltshire, UK. Posts: 13,998	Re: Going Mobile with Amateur Radio When mobile, I use a single-earpiece-and-boom-mic headset (ex-gaming-PC) with a push-button on/off switch mounted beside the gear-selector to do TX/RX changeover. I don't see how talking to someone through a repeater, or on HF, is any more distractional than talking to a passenger. Pilots both civil and military seem quite able to fly at speeds an order of magnitude greater than you can drive, and engage in conversations with other crew-members/air-traffic-control without this being seen as a risk. Sure, I wouldn't use a fist-mic if I was driving a manual-transmission car, but in times-past I drove many thousands of miles in automatics using a fist-mic in my left hand.