Bill, I, too, am somewhat at a hearing deficit - loud tool & die shop work, but not yet at the hearing aid stage.
I know folks are going to say I am crazy, flame proof suit on, when I tell you that I use a set of Frisby (model FHP-100) headphones with my K3 and they work FANTASTIC!!. Best part is, they are cheap, I mean very cheap, I'm talking $10-$15 cheap! I bought 3 pair of them and unfortunately had to go to the second pair, as my youngest puppy snuck into the shack and decided to chew on the padded ear pieces. Now, I only run CW, so that might be the reason they work for me. I usually have the AF gain some where around the 9:00 position, and RF is adjusted according to the band, but never max. The headphones have a volume adjustment inline that I use rather than moving the AF gain. They also have a mike boom attached, and I have used it on 2 meter FM, with local folks telling me that I sound very natural. For what they cost, I would recommend you give them a try and if you don't like them you are not out much. Heck, you can contact me off line, and I'll buy them from you if you don't like them. You'll be out nothing other than the time trying them. Okay, enough said on this subject. Have a nice weekend. 73 de Jim - KE8G Flame proof suit off! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Barry Simpson" <[email protected]> To: "Bill Ross" <[email protected]> Cc: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, July 09, 2011 8:33 PM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Headphones Hi Bill I have been a long time user of a pair of Yaesu YH-77STA headphones. They provide more volume than the various other Sony and Heil headphones that I have and they are very comfortable to wear. 73 Barry VK2BJ On 9 July 2011 21:17, Bill Ross <[email protected]> wrote: > Because of a hearing loss, (I wear hearing aids) I find that wearing > headphones with the K3 (and another radios) works better for me. However, > I > have noticed that I get more volume out of the built-in speaker than the > various headsets I have. With the headsets on, I find I am running the > volume control just about at max most of the time, with RF gain also at > max. > One of the headsets I use, is an old RS “HI-FI” pair that cost $40. way > back when, and yet, are less sensitive than my Sony ear buds. Also, for > some reason, the RS headset must have a low freq. cutoff near the 600 Hz > side tone, as I get more of a “thump” than a sine wave tone out of them. > The > Sony ear buds, work better, (more volume than the RS ones, even without my > aids in) , and the side tone sounds better, than the RS “HI-FI” headset, > but, still less than the built-in speaker. > > Does anyone have any experience with the “communications type headphones > sold by AES and other ham radio dealers, or that advertise in QST, CQ, > etc.? > > Would appreciate any guidance or advice from someone who’s “been there”. > > Tnx and 73 > > Bill, k6mgo > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > > ______________________________________________________________ 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 ______________________________________________________________ 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
