[Elecraft] KAF2, KDSP2 or BMF2

[Ron D'Eau Claire]

Look at these commercial operators at work for examples of what Jim is
talking about:

http://www.radiomarine.org/historic-5.html

Ron AC7AC

-----Original Message-----

Michael,

A lot of us "older hams" developed the habit of wearing our "cans" (as 
the headphones were
known) a bit in front of our ears when working CW.  I still do it.  It 
protects my ears from
sudden loud sounds.  It also cuts down on the ringing in my ears.  There 
is almost nothing as
hard on hearing as pumping loud sounds directly down the ear canal.  A 
lot of young folk
will discover this the hard way when their hearing starts to disappear 
one of these days.

72,

Jim
W4BQP since '53
K2 #2268

michael taylor wrote:

>
>I am still left wondering though about the "ringing" in my ears after 
>listening in on older hams operate a station during Field Day. Several 
>hams I know have complained of hearing lost and only one can pin it on 
>his day job in a machine shop, rather than too much time listening to a 
>loud radio to attempt to understand a signal underneath the QRN and 
>QRM.