[ARC5] CW and Mic plugs

[Jay Coward via ARC5]

Group,
Are not these same headsets provided in Cub Scout crystal radio kits? Way back then/when? When I was a Cub Scout and built my crystal radio (1960) and then was hooked forever much to the chagrin of my children as they have to dispense of all my Very Elegant and Valuable Junque. Somewhere buried in the "pile" is a Cub Scout crystal set. Not my original but one I acquired many years ago. 
 As I recall, you were to connect the pin plugs to two Fahnstock (sp) clips.
 Also, there were pin tip to 1/4" adapters available back in the "old days" as 1/4" plug/jacks became popular
Had one, sold it. Wish I hadn't.
 Jay
 
 
-----Original Message-----
From: D. Platt <jeepp at comcast.net>
To: ARC-5 Mail List <arc5 at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Fri, May 30, 2014 6:00 pm
Subject: Re: [ARC5] CW and Mic plugs


Todd,

Concur with you comments and observations, all.  They do work rather 
well but, as you say, they are arguably the most uncomfortable headsets 
one could find.  Do yours have metric threads on the adjustment 
thumbscrews and do you find that the quality of the cup molding is poor, 
too?  It'd be intersting to know if they're all like mine are.  The real 
commentary, though, may well be that they were, indeed, actual DLSA 
procured items, in spite of the lack of proper and usual markings on the 
packages.

Jeep - K3HVG

On 5/30/2014 7:15 PM, Todd, KA1KAQ wrote:
>
> On Thu, May 29, 2014 at 7:31 PM, D. Platt <jeepp at comcast.net 
> <mailto:jeepp at comcast.net>> wrote:
>
>     Robert,
>
>     I always wondered who used the HS-16 with pin plugs.  I've got a
>     couple originals and also one or two of the ones that showed up on
>     Ebay a while back, said to have been procured for a "black" project.
>
>
> Okay Jeep, I'm not Robert but the only set I can think of that comes 
> close to a black project that uses the HS-16 headphones is the 
> RS-1/GRC-109. Maybe the RS-6 too? Then again, there are folks on ebay 
> and elsewhere who believe R-390As with Rustoleum black panels must've 
> been used by 'black agencies', so....
>
> Some years back I bought up several boxes of surplus from a base 
> closing and got a bunch of those goofy green rubber headphones and a 
> pile of the HS-16s with Viet Nam era dates on the foil. Green Berets 
> were using the 109 there along with other groups, of course. 
> Greg/WA7LYO SK who was a member of these lists was a radioman who 
> trained the Montagnards to use the GRC-109 and other sets.
>
> I've only got a handful left but I can tell you - they are incredibly 
> uncomfortable with just the bakelite caps! Even after trying to bend 
> the headband outward, my ears always hurt after wearing a set for more 
> than a few minutes. But they do work well otherwise.
>
> ~ Todd,  KA1KAQ/4
>
>
>
>

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