First time posting in the lions den
I was talking to Manchester Approach freq 119.525MHz on Saturday evening, and I had a little problem understanding what the controller was saying, he sounded very unclear, more 'muffled' than normal. I have experienced this sometimes before.
I want to address this problem to avoid asking the controller to say again, because I don't want to annoy the controller by holding up busy frequecies with requests for repetitions. Additionally, it makes me sound unprofessional; with the possible consequence that I won't get any help, because I sound like I don't know what I am doing.
What would be a polite way to ask the controller to speak more clearly? I resisted doing so out of respect, but at the same time I found it difficult to understand his transmissions. I subsequently talked to Leeds, and had no problem, so I'm sure that rules out the radio.
Any feedback appreciated,
Thank you,
POL.