I just ordered the Amp800's smaller cousin, Behringer Microamp Ha400 Ultra-Compact 4-Channel Stereo Headphone Amplifier <https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000KIPT30/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1>, for exactly this purpose.
On Wed, Jun 21, 2017 at 4:55 AM, KENT TRIMBLE <k9...@socket.net> wrote: > Headphones and Field Day have been yoked since time immemorial. The K3's > ability to output its audio into both headphones and speakers > simultaneously has been a boon to those FD sites that encourage visitors. > It permits the operator/logger to use headphones while visitors can monitor > the action through speakers. The problem lies in the volume levels that > each of the participants require (or don't require). This is especially > true when multiple transceivers are occupying the same tent/trailer/room, > etc., and each have their own group of listeners. Cacophony is not the > goal here. > > As veteran Field-Day clubs have discovered over the years, a valuable > accessory is a multi-outlet headphone-amplifier with individual volume > controls for each headphone. For several years we have used a Behringer > Amp800 (https://www.amazon.com/Behringer-AMP800-Four-Channel-Headph > one/dp/B000KU87SM) at our CW position. Lately, we have also been using a > Rolls HA43 (http://www.rolls.com/product.php?pid=HA43) which is smaller > and easier to operate. Neither are bothered by stray RF. > > I have no vested interest in either. There are similar products under > various brand-names. The Behringer can be had for around $70 and the Rolls > for $50 from numerous online vendors. The Behringer only accepts 1/4-inch > phono plugs while the Rolls has dual input jacks to accept both 1/4-inch > phono and 1/8th-inch plugs. This is another reason I like the Rolls as no > "tweenies" (adapters) are needed. > > Uses might include . . . > > A neophyte with an unconnected laptop, wearing his own headphones, > entering call signs/exchanges into a practice logging program without > disturbing the main operator. Or the next shift warming-up before assuming > the operator's position. Or someone merely wanting to seriously listen for > a while without being bothered by the inevitable traipsing in-and-out of > visitors, kibitzers, the lost, the lonely, the huddled masses yearning to > be free. > > Both of the above units accommodate up to four headphones. > > 73, > > Kent Trimble, K9ZTV > Mid-MO Amateur Radio Club > Jefferson City, MO > > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > Message delivered to c...@murgatroid.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 Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
