[Elecraft] [K3] One Last Hearing Story

[Bill Frantz]

Well maybe second to last. :-)   (But I doubt it.)

The most important thing I can do with my fading hearing (I'm 69 
and fading hearing goes with the age) is to eliminate background 
noise. I'm sitting in my shack and I can hear the jackhammer 
outside, cars on the street, my wife walking in the living room, 
the freezer humming away, and the backup drive on my desk 
seeking as Time Machine does a backup. One of the greatest 
blessings is when we have a power failure and most of that 
background noise stops.

I use headphones which helps reduce the audio QRM. The CM-500 
headphones help a lot, but what really works wonders are my 
Sennheiser noise-canceling headphones. Turn them on and the 
noise just disappears. I have used them while working ARES/RACES 
for the Los Gatos Christmas Parade. They help there too, 
although a lot of the parade noise still comes thru.

Cheers - Bill, AE6JV

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