Thread: FIRST -- good for mind, but not for ears
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Let's petition FIRST (was Re: FIRST -- good for mind, but not for ears)
Posted by Thomas A. Frank, Engineer on team #121, The Islanders/Rhode Warrior, from Middletown (RI) High School and Naval Undersea Warfare Center.

Posted on 4/1/99 11:18 AM MST


In Reply to: Re: FIRST -- good for mind, but not for ears posted by Michael Martus on 3/28/99 8:18 PM MST:



Hello All;

I will certainly go along with the opinions expressed in this thread! It's way too
loud at most FIRST competitions, both in the pits and in the stands.

The exception seemed (to me) to be Philly, where the stands were actually not too bad. I'll
chalk that up to being in a very well built facility. The pits, however, more than made up
for it by being way too loud - so bad that some teams turned down the speakers, and got yelled
at by FIRST for it.

I suspect that FL will not be nearly as bad (it hasn't been in the past, most likely due to being outdoors).
But I'll email Lori and suggest they keep this in mind.

Maybe next year won't have to be quite as unpleasant on the ears.

If FIRST really wanted to get fancy, they could get a low power FM radio transmitter and broadcast the pit
announcements; that way, there would be no requirement for a loud speaker system in the pits. Teams could
bring a small portable radio to monitor this channel, and individuals could use Walkman type devices for the same thing.

Tom Frank


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