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Snake~eyes Wed Jan 25, 2006 09:23pm

Fox40 with the noose.

Texas Aggie Wed Jan 25, 2006 10:32pm

I used the Fox CMG for football and liked it, but I didn't feel like it was as loud as I want it for basketball. All my football games were outside and that may have been the difference, but for some reason, I feel more comfortable with the original in my mouth at all times inside. Anyone experience this?

I hate anything around the neck, so I go with the smitty. For the life of me, I can't understand why some NFL Referees use the long lanyards where the whistle drops below their waist.

refTN Wed Jan 25, 2006 10:49pm

Fox 40 CMG. No lanyard preferable(only wear one if supervisor says so). Carry an extra one in my pocket for possession.

Larks Thu Jan 26, 2006 12:02am

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Originally posted by hooper
Just wondering which whistles you prefer... and what kind of lanyard you use.
"Fox 40 Classic CMG with a nba noose lanyard."

Me too!

refnrev Thu Jan 26, 2006 12:24am

Re: On fox 40
 
[QUOTE]Originally posted by rotationslim
[B]Do your ears ever ring after a game from the loud shrill blasts from that little miracle?
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Yep. That's a beautiful feeling coming from hearing beautiful music my friend. Let that whistle sing.

refnrev Thu Jan 26, 2006 12:28am

I use an OLD Fox 40 CMG with a smitty. The old cmg's are the same size as the newer mini-cmgs. I use a mini for volleyball, but a classic cmg for everything else.

fonzzy07 Thu Jan 26, 2006 01:26am

Fox 40 with a short smitty for me.

NICK Thu Jan 26, 2006 02:33am

Fox40 on standard games and whistle with a pea on deaf games

TriggerMN Thu Jan 26, 2006 09:47am

Quote:

Originally posted by refTN
Fox 40 CMG. No lanyard preferable(only wear one if supervisor says so). Carry an extra one in my pocket for possession.
No, no, no!!! :o

As many an assignor has said, "If you switch a whistle from pocket to pocket for possession, you will never work in my league."

Keep possession in your head!! Use scorer's table as a backup. I was watching a game earlier this year where there was a jump ball called, BOTH officials looked to the table, and in the meantime, A1 kicked B1 while she was on the floor.

Junker Thu Jan 26, 2006 10:32am

Did B1 deserve it? I use a Fox40 classic and the noose lanyard. I broke a hoop on a shirt once which made me switch to the noose. The only problem with the noose lanyard is the temptation to tighten it when I have lousy games like Tuesday night.

refTN Thu Jan 26, 2006 03:09pm

Quote:

Originally posted by TriggerMN
Quote:

Originally posted by refTN
Fox 40 CMG. No lanyard preferable(only wear one if supervisor says so). Carry an extra one in my pocket for possession.
No, no, no!!! :o

As many an assignor has said, "If you switch a whistle from pocket to pocket for possession, you will never work in my league."

Keep possession in your head!! Use scorer's table as a backup. I was watching a game earlier this year where there was a jump ball called, BOTH officials looked to the table, and in the meantime, A1 kicked B1 while she was on the floor.

My mentors do it so it is good enough for me and plus I don't have a great brain either.

tjones1 Thu Jan 26, 2006 03:22pm

I use a Fox40 Classic with the Smitty noose. My spair is the same but sometimes I have the orginal Smitty. Couple things, I tried the Fox40 Mini this year and did not like it at all. My partner told me I wouldn't like it and sure enough, after the second dead ball we had, I changed back to the Classic. He caught me switching and started to laugh.

Secondly, I have seen the new Fox Dolphin once this season. You can certainly tell it's a different sound than the others. I didn't really like it, but I heard it's a very hot item. I'm sticking to the Classic though!

bob jenkins Thu Jan 26, 2006 03:34pm

Quote:

Originally posted by refTN
Quote:

Originally posted by TriggerMN
Quote:

Originally posted by refTN
Fox 40 CMG. No lanyard preferable(only wear one if supervisor says so). Carry an extra one in my pocket for possession.
No, no, no!!! :o

As many an assignor has said, "If you switch a whistle from pocket to pocket for possession, you will never work in my league."

Keep possession in your head!! Use scorer's table as a backup. I was watching a game earlier this year where there was a jump ball called, BOTH officials looked to the table, and in the meantime, A1 kicked B1 while she was on the floor.

My mentors do it so it is good enough for me and plus I don't have a great brain either.

FWIW, I would guess that most, if not all, SEC and NBA officials do not use this "mechanic."

lmeadski Thu Jan 26, 2006 10:01pm

My whistle
 
My whistle is black. Has a string on it.

tjones1 Thu Jan 26, 2006 10:27pm

Re: My whistle
 
Quote:

Originally posted by lmeadski
My whistle is black. Has a string on it.
Did you spray paint an old metal whistle? ;)


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