[Elecraft] CM500 headset on K3S and KX3?

[Bill Frantz]

I normally use a CM500.

OK, the RS60CF is a Radio Sport head set. :-)

I used one of their headsets during our club's CQP county 
expedition. I liked the isolation from ambient room noise. Yes, 
it squeezes your head, but I could wear it for several hours at 
a time without feeling I was getting close to the end of my tolerence.

I didn't use VOX at home in CA because my radio was set up in 
the family room with 20+ feet of space between the backs of the 
equipment and the front door. (Nice for moving wires.) My wife 
frequently would walk up to the radio and ask a question and I 
didn't want the answer going out on the air. :-)

I did use VOX when I did a multi-op WPX contest at K9YC's QTH. 
In that isolated environment it was more convenient than my 
footswitch at home. Doing the contest was also a whole lot of 
fun, and watching the other ops was a excellent learning experience.

What I'll end up doing here in NH is still up in the air.

73 Bill AE6JV

On 5/6/20 at 11:39 PM, jim at audiosystemsgroup.com (Jim Brown) wrote:

>On 2020-05-06 1:16 PM, Grant Youngman wrote:
>
>>Replaced them eventually with an RS60CF, and never looked back.
>
>On 5/6/2020 4:52 PM, Joe Subich, W4TV wrote:
>>A heavy, bulky, "head squeezer" for more than five times as much
>>as the CM500 ...
>
>Yes. I tried them on when they first came out and found them to 
>be an instrument of torture. Years later, after hearing guys 
>rave about how comfy the were, I tried them on again, with the 
>same result.
>
>73, Jim K9YC

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