[Milsurplus] Headphone usage

Thu, 3 Apr 2003 09:50:40 EST

John,

What you have there is an HS-23.  If no one has removed it, there should be a 
metal band around the short bailout cord saying so.  The R-14 is a 4000 ohm 
receiver used in a number of headsets (see TM 11-487 for a partial listing).  
It was replaced by the ANB-H1 300 ohm receiver mid war.  Your set is missing 
the cushions which would have been MC-162-A or MX-41/AR, depending on date of 
manufacture or refurbishment.

The HS-23 was the common high-Z headset of the early war period, later 
replaced by the low-Z HS-33 (and HS-38 w/o the headband) in aircraft and some 
ground installations and by the HS-30 in vehicular and pack sets (officially, 
anyway).  The PL-54 mates with a JJ-26 on the CD-307-A extension cord (which 
came in various lengths).  The idea was that if a crewman had to bail out of 
his aircraft or tank, he didn't have to worry about getting tangled up in a 
long headset cord.

In a message dated 4/3/2003 3:10:54 AM Central Standard Time, 
[email protected] writes: 

Does anyone know what radio the following headsets were used with?

Signal Corps, US Army, Receiver R-14  made by Consolidated Radio Products

They have a leather covered headband, no ear cushions, and an approx. 12" 
cord
with a PL-54 phone plug (shorter than standard)

73
Robert Downs
Houston
<[email protected]>

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