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Thinking about how dive comms have changed since I started
We used hand signals more than voice. Do you think new tech makes things safer or just more complex?
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miles8346mo ago
Man... I got tangled in a voice comms line once because the guy next to me was narrating his whole dive like a podcast. Total mess. Sometimes the old hand signals were just cleaner, you know? You point, you go, everyone gets it. Now you've got wires and someone's crackly lunch order in your ear... Feels like solving one problem just makes three new ones sometimes.
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rose_hart316mo ago
My buddy Carl had a similar mess in a cave dive last spring. His comms unit picked up a taxi dispatch frequency, so we heard 'Code 3 on Maple Street' while trying to navigate. Right after that, he started using hand signals only, which @miles834 would appreciate. Saved us from a lot of confusion and static.
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