For use in very hot and humid climates, you might consider ear buds. I used my
Etymotic buds for 4 weeks of operating on T32C without much of an issue. A
little Vaseline helps with the seal and reduces what irritation there is.
A secondary advantage was that when I had a VERY loud ssb op in
On 8/8/2023 12:16 AM, Jack Brindle via Elecraft wrote:
As contesters who wear headphones as much as 48 hours straight on
weekends, we find comfort to be one of the most important assets of
any headphone.
Here is the key! K8JHR calls the CM500 earpads "flat and lack luster"
but they are large
Comfort. My ears tend to be on the large side. Most “over the ear” headphones
are really “on ear” headphones for me. After an hour or two of that, my ears
really begin to hurt. The CM500s have large enough cups to encompass my entire
ear (albeit barely), thus permitting me to wear them for ext
Hi Jack - All is not lost. Check out the new Korg SK40 model here if
you cannot find a new CM500 at your favorite store - instead of SB40 it
is the SK40 . . . business as usual!
https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/SK40--korg-sk-40
I put no-one down. I clearly acknowledged my take is my
Totally agree with Jack. I've been using CM500s for over a decade. I've
replaced several but they used to be half the current price. Nevertheless, I
have a new pair still in the package as a back up.
That said, since moving away from Elecraft they are not as easy to use. (One
gripe about Kenw
I just bought another SB-45 last week on Amazon. Mic Sensitivity is
fine, same as it used to be.
Dave Hachadorian, K6LL
Big Bear Lake, CA
On 8/8/2023 7:07 AM, David Herring wrote:
Comfort. My ears tend to be on the large side. Most “over the ear” headphones
are really “on ear” headphones fo
On 8/8/2023 7:07 AM, David Herring wrote:
Comfort. My ears tend to be on the large side. Most “over the ear” headphones
are really “on ear” headphones for me. After an hour or two of that, my ears
really begin to hurt. The CM500s have large enough cups to encompass my entire
ear (albeit bare
When I had my radio set up about 20 feet from the kitchen, I used a foot switch
so my replies to my wife didn’t go out over the air. When I moved to New
Hampshire and my shack moved into an isolated room, I started using VOX, which
works very well on my K3.
VOX definitely eliminates one piece
I thought about VOX Bill and it is a good suggestion for minimizing the
clutter. However, I usually have a 2m HT on in the background to catch
local summit-to-summit contacts, so that pretty much kills that idea.
Besides VOX has always kinda scared me given the potential for unwanted TX.
73
Back in the days that I operated SSB, I transmitted more than one meow as a
result of using VOX.
Victor 4X6GP
On Tue, Aug 8, 2023, 22:43 Eric Fitzgerald wrote:
> I thought about VOX Bill and it is a good suggestion for minimizing the
> clutter. However, I usually have a 2m HT on in the backgro
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