Re: [Elecraft] Headset Hubbub

2023-10-12 Thread Jim Brown
On 10/12/2023 4:33 PM, Al via Elecraft wrote: A large music distributor, sweetwater.com, sells the Yamaha language learning system and has occasionally had CM-500s available at a reasonable price. They're a good, long established company. Another in that league is Full Compass, based in Madiso

Re: [Elecraft] Headset Hubbub

2023-10-12 Thread Al via Elecraft
...@mailman.qth.net On Behalf Of j...@kk9a.com Sent: Thursday, October 12, 2023 7:11 PM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Headset Hubbub What are hams going to do when their CM-500's break? Are you sure that the mic was DOA? It has an electret microphone which requires volta

Re: [Elecraft] Headset Hubbub

2023-10-12 Thread john
What are hams going to do when their CM-500's break? Are you sure that the mic was DOA? It has an electret microphone which requires voltage to work. John KK9A Richard FlatHat W4KBX wrote: I ordered a Yamaha CM-500 from Amazon but it came through some other company after waiting eight days

[Elecraft] Headset Hubbub

2023-10-12 Thread Andy Durbin
"So now I open again for other suggested headsets in the $100 range. The CM500 was a gaming headset so that could be a source. This is going to be a gift for a friend who badly needs something. Any more ideas?" I had been using my Yamaha HP-1 headphones on my Kenwood TS-590. I decided they we

Re: [Elecraft] Headset Hubbub

2023-10-12 Thread Ken WA8JXM
#1, contact Amazon customer service and inform them what you reported here. Some years ago I had a similar situation with a Baofeng handheld, it came with frequencies programmed in it. Amazon was not happy and immediately issued a refund. Years ago I bought the CM-500 and a Logitech gaming headse

[Elecraft] Headset Hubbub

2023-10-11 Thread Richard
I ordered a Yamaha CM-500 from Amazon but it came through some other company after waiting eight days and there were problems. 1. The original factory packaging was gone. 2. It came wound in bubble wrap, then stuffed into a cardboard box that had been cut down from a larger box and taped togethe