[Elecraft] Bluetooth latency and CW reception

[Phil Kane]

On 8/17/2018 10:40 PM, Bob Nielsen, N7XY wrote:

> Like many of us of a certain age, I have started wearing hearing aids

Welcome to the club.

> Has anyone been able to use a bluetooth connection (such as bluetooth
> headphones) successfully on CW?

My hearing aid devices (Phonax Audeo) use an around-the-neck pendant
adapter (Phonax ComPilot II) that does BT to and from my cell-phone but
couples to the hearing aid devices inductively.  It has a 3.5 mm  jack
that will feed external audio to the induction system as well.  Standard
3.5 mm M-M patch cord from the headphone lack on the radio or the
computer puts the audio sounds into my ears with no noticeable latency
problems, as tested with my K2.  They also make a BT adapter for
across-the-room TV sound use but I have never tried it because I have no
need for that.

Enjoy hearing again.

73 de K2ASP - Phil Kane
Elecraft K2/100   s/n 5402

>From a Clearing in the Silicon Forest
Beaverton (Washington County) Oregon