George, There are many such Bluetooth interfaces on the market right now for one way listening thru a BT headset or earbud. As an example take a look at item number N82E16855994093 at <http://www.newegg.com>. This little $50 audio transmitter plugs right into any 1/8" stereo jack and transmits the audio via BT to your Bluetooth capable headset. More research may find a BT transceiver and headset with boom mic that works with your radio. Try looking at the popular online computer accessory outlets.
I personally wouldn't ask Elecraft to go this route yet because there are still a great many reliability issues with BT especially in certain operating environments. Some commercial public safety equipment makers have tried this and users quickly found it too often annoying because the headpiece and transceiver would disassociate with each other at the most inopportune times and take quite a while to relink. There is also the issue of Bluetooth licensing for Elecraft to explore not to mention drivers to be built and maintained for every computer operating system in use today. If you want to experiment though there are devices available today that would allow you to do so. Newegg also offers a nifty little $67 RS-232 to BT adapter made by IOGear (item # N82E16833139008). I've used this item successfully with Uniden scanners and see no reason why it wouldn't interface a K3 to a BT capable computer. 73, Gary N6LRV -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of George A. Thornton Sent: Thursday, October 14, 2010 11:23 PM To: Guy Olinger K2AV; Brendan Minish Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 SUB AF - NOR or BALANCE? I find these comments fascinating and highly appropriate for a K3 forum. The K3 with its modularity and close communication between user and manufacturer is the ideal place for adapting new technology to HAM radio. As a heavy user of technology outside of HAM radio, I think I have some opinions on what would improve HAM radio. The first would be a Bluetooth adapter for the K3 that would allow use of BT stereo headphones. These devices already exist, it remains merely to figure out how to add a module to the K3. At least one HAM radio manufacturer offers this option, so this can't be that difficult. There are many high quality stereo BT headphones on the market that cost under $100. I would pay up to $200 for a reliable and stable BT adapter for the K3. If this could be made to work with a BT stereo headphone and mic with PTT that would be even better. ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
