[Elecraft] CW for those with Poor Hearing

[Jim Miller]

I found the Headset Buddy to be a pretty poor excuse for a mike.
Communication fidelity was terrible (and i'm not an ESSB fan), the mike
boom was too weak and left it dangling and the cord had the left and right
headphones reversed from normal which drove me nuts working split.

I contacted their tech support and they sent another which was no better.

Buyer beware.

jim ab3cv

On Thu, Feb 5, 2015 at 7:23 PM, Gary Smith <Gary at ka1j.com> wrote:

> 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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