[Elecraft] Looking for headphones - 99.9% CW

Mon Feb 18 13:09:01 2002

I just sent a review up to eham on my favorite CW Headset..  They are being
discontinued & closed out at RS for only $39.

http://www.eham.net/reviews/detail/2151

From a previous post on the same subject:

I have no space in my house for ham radio..  therefore.. like many of us, I
have my K2 ham station set up next to my computer in a corner of the dining
room.  The big problem here has been that when the kids are watching
cartoons in the next room and the xyl is in a telephone conversation in the
same room, the ambient noise becomes somewhat distracting.

I have a nice comfy set of headphones that help but they do not block the
noise much..  So I end up wondering what SpongeBob & Squidwerd did to make
everyone laugh so hard while I am trying to send CW..

One day, as I was perusing Radio Shack, I spied a set of mono high noise
environment (over the head) headphones..  Radio Shack calls them "Racing"
headphones for use with a scanner at a race track.  I bought a pair a few
days ago and I gotta tell you that these things are *great* for ham radio!

My biggest worry was comfort.. but.. I have worn these now for periods of
over an hour and have had no problem.

The best part is that, since there is nearly no background noise, I have
been able to turn the headphone volume way down..

I clipped the mono plug off and installed a stereo plug so that it would
marry up with both, my "Wilderness" Sierra & "Elecraft" K2.  Worth noting is
that the K2 worked fine even with the mono plug.

I did a search on the RS web site and found the tech details for RS
Headphones # 33-1198 (price $49.99).

Ken aa7jc

Racing Headphones
(330-1198)               Specifications             Faxback Doc. # 53217

Speaker (Outer Diameter): ............................. 2 Inches (50 mm)
        (Baffle Opening): ..................... 1-13/16 Inches (46.5 mm)

Magnet: ................ 1/2 x 1/16 Inch (12.5 x 1.5 mm) Rare Earth Type

Impedance: ............................................. 16 Ohms +/- 15%

Power Rating: .......................... Normal 30 mW, RMS Maximum 60 mW

Resonant Frequency: ...................................... 145 +/- 50 Hz

Sensitivity: .............................................. 104 +/- 3 dB

Frequency Range: ....................................... 100 - 20,000 Hz

Distortion: ............................. 5% Maximum (at 1000 Hz, 30 mW)

Cord Length: ................................ 9 Feet (2.7 m) Coiled Cord

Weight (Including Cord): .............................. 14.1 oz. (400 g)

Specifications are typical; individual units might vary.  Specifications
are subject to change an improvement without notice.

(EB 6/18/99)

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Tom
Sent: Monday, February 18, 2002 9:08 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [Elecraft] Looking for headphones - 99.9% CW

Hi gang,

  I'm looking for a set of headphones for my K2.  I work almost exclusively
CW so I won't be needing a headphone set which includes a microphone.

I'm looking for a quality pair of phones so I was naturally drawn to the
Heil web site, but I didn't see any without the mic.

Thanks for any help you might offer.

Tom McCulloch,WB2QDG

k2 s/n 1103

Friend of Bill W.
   ---  If you are too, drop me a line.

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