I use the Bose QC-15 as about all I do is CW and the audio on these is wonderful. The noise cancelling though is almost 100% perfect; my old Alpha with its blower is 18" from my head and with the QC-15 on I
can't but just barely tell the amp is on or off. I was thinking about getting a headset with a mic & though Bose does make the A20 for pilots, at $1100 for what is essentially the QC-15 with a boom mic, I'll pass. They do make a A100T snap on mic for the QC15 but they are $250 for just the mic. I was referred by quite a few people here to check out the Yamaha CM500 for a fine mic, quick match to the K3 and comfortable headsets & at $59. I'm so happy with the Bose QC15 that I'm going to keep using these and am going to need to figure out another way to get a mic into the K3 in a way that will be convenient for contesting should I ever decide to do a phone contest. I have an Electrovoice RE-10 which would probably be nice & needs no power & maybe I can make a clamp-on boom that I can remove from the desk once the contest is over. I also have several condenser mics but they are for recording and would be excess and just problematic for ham use. Anyone have any suggestion of a removable boom mic other than the A100T that will attach to the QC-15 and make it simple to use and then remove when the contest is over? I don't want to use velcro. Thanks & 73, Gary KA1J --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html