[Elecraft] CW for those with Poor Hearing

[Gary Smith]

Harry,

I heartily recommend the Bose QC-15 headphones. They have a marvelous 
ability to cancel out almost all background noise at the flip of a 
switch, at least 50%. It helps to greatly reduce noises like fan 
noise, room acoustics and TV from others in the house. Far more clear 
than listening to even a good quality speaker when it comes to 
hearing CW well.

It is a headphone but allows replacement cords to be attached and 
within the design, unbeknownst to most users, is a mic plug which 
also allows for a microphone. You can't easily get such a mic plug 
from Bose, they reserve that for their overpriced Aircraft 
communications headsets. You can though buy an after-market 
microphone attachment which lets you hear & talk. Get that from here:

http://www.headsetbuddy.com/clearmic-noise-canceling-microphone-for-bo
se-qc15-headphones/

or a shorter link:

http://tinyurl.com/lezjfv6

Good luck OM, think this'll help.

73,

Gary
KA1J
> While in the Navy I damaged my hearing from exposure to loud noises (Naval Aircraft)Since then I've always had a real struggle copying CW (but I'm stubborn and keep trying)
> 
> I was playing around with the pitch and found that the higher frequency toneshave a ringing to them but as I went lower in pitch the ringing faded quite a bit.
> So I'm basically looking for tips to help me to be able to copy better.
> Thank you
> 
> 
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