[Elecraft] Headset Hubbub

[Andy Durbin]

"So now I open again for other suggested headsets in the $100 range. The CM500 was a gaming headset so that could be a source. This is going to be a gift for a friend who badly needs something.

Any more ideas?"

I had been using my Yamaha HP-1 headphones on my Kenwood TS-590.  I decided they were too good for amateur radio and wanted to keep them in good condition.

I had followed the threads on the CM-500 and purchased Koss SB/45.  They are far from the quality feel of the Yamaha but are reasonably comfortable and shut out external sounds better.  I used them to make several CW DX QSO and they worked fine.  Not as nice as the Yamaha for listening to the split pile up over a 3 kHz span but quite adequate for the job.   Very few phone QSO with them but no complaints with the frequency response.

I have not hooked up the microphone yet.

Andy, k3wyc