[Elecraft] CW for those with Poor Hearing

[Vic Rosenthal 4X6GP/K2VCO]

This is a fascinating remark, because I recently noted that I could copy 
a weak signal in the middle of a lot of noise better by holding the 
phones in my hand with the ear cushions together and putting the 
cushions up to my ears.

Something is going on here that is worth pursuing.

On 6 Feb 2015 04:47, Fred Jensen wrote:
> Many years ago, while a high school senior with a part-time relief op
> job at a coastal marine station, the OT's taught me that when the noise
> on the Holy Frequency was really bad, lay the cans on the desk. Somehow,
> this lowers the noise and not the signal.  The VA has given me some very
> good hearing aids, they don'w work under the headphones, but using them
> with the headphones on the desk does often improve the SNR of very weak
> signals.

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73,
Vic, 4X6GP/K2VCO
Rehovot, Israel
http://www.qsl.net/k2vco/