Re: [Elecraft] Koss Headsets for the K3 (Was: Re: Yamaha CM500 Headset)www

2012-03-16 Thread Jim Rhodes
Radio Shack used to sell these with a RS box, but labeled Koss on the phones. I have been using them for years, wore one out. And they sell replacement pads on their web store (Koss). Jim K0XU Sent from my Xoom tablet On Mar 15, 2012 10:51 PM, Gary K9GS garyk...@wi.rr.com wrote: An update: I

Re: [Elecraft] Koss Headsets for the K3 (Was: Re: Yamaha CM500 Headset)www

2012-03-16 Thread Jim McDonald
Many years ago, someone on another reflector posted a cheap way to make the equivalent of a Heil Proset. Radio Shack had the Optimus PRO-50MX boom headset, which was made by Koss, on sale. The mic and its round clamshell could be replaced by a Heil HC-4 and the Heil mic holder. The received

Re: [Elecraft] Koss Headsets for the K3 (Was: Re: Yamaha CM500 Headset)www

2012-03-16 Thread Jim Brown
On 3/15/2012 8:33 PM, Gary K9GS wrote: I haven't used the SB40's yet but will report back once I've played with them a bit. One of the guys on the Ten Tec list who does a bit of contesting at a multi-op has said good things about a Koss headset, and I suspect it was the SB40. I would expect

Re: [Elecraft] Koss Headsets for the K3 (Was: Re: Yamaha CM500 Headset)www

2012-03-16 Thread Gary K9GS
Wellgot a brief chance to play with the Koss SB40 headset tonight. I followed K9YC's advice and set up similar to what others have done for the Yamaha CM550. The two bands at -16, third band at -10 and the two highest at +8. I worked a few people and they all said the audio sounded very

[Elecraft] Koss Headsets for the K3 (Was: Re: Yamaha CM500 Headset)www

2012-03-15 Thread Gary K9GS
An update: I stopped by the Koss Factory Store today. I looked at the SB49 first. (The SB45 is identical to the SB49 but without the volume control in the cord). I didn't really like the way the SB49 fit. It's a very subjective thing but comfort was what I was looking for. The other