[Elecraft] Bluetooth latency and CW reception

2018-08-17 Thread Bob Nielsen, N7XY
Like many of us of a certain age, I have started wearing hearing aids (actually I first tried one 20 years ago but since my hearing on one ear was still pretty good at the time I gave up on it soon after).  Now I have issues in both ears and am essentially deaf in one so I got aids with CROS te

Re: [Elecraft] Bluetooth latency and CW reception

2018-08-18 Thread Bob N3MNT
I tried a few BT transmitters. No issue with interference, but the latency you are concerned about made it impossible to send at any speed. Works fine on SSB, but for me was not usable for CW and since most of my time is spent on CW I stopped using it. I know there have been a few members who cl

Re: [Elecraft] Bluetooth latency and CW reception

2018-08-19 Thread Phil Kane
On 8/17/2018 10:40 PM, Bob Nielsen, N7XY wrote: > Like many of us of a certain age, I have started wearing hearing aids Welcome to the club. > Has anyone been able to use a bluetooth connection (such as bluetooth > headphones) successfully on CW? My hearing aid devices (Phonax Audeo) use an aro

Re: [Elecraft] Bluetooth latency and CW reception

2018-08-19 Thread Bob Nielsen, N7XY
Thanks for that reply Phil.  Actually I also have Phonak hearing aids and a ComPilot II.  I will give that a try after I get my new K3S installed within the next few days. I have only had the hearing aids for a few weeks but the improvement has exceeded my expectations. 73, Bob N7XY On 8/1

Re: [Elecraft] Bluetooth latency and CW reception

2018-08-20 Thread michaelstringfellow
I am also hearing impaired, but like to use a headset with microphone. My hearing aids just didn’t work with my favorite headset, but I discovered a work-around. I used the K3 audio receive settings to boost the frequencies required. For CW, I applied essentially a lot of gain to amplify my preferr