Harry, I heartily recommend the Bose QC-15 headphones. They have a marvelous ability to cancel out almost all background noise at the flip of a switch, at least 50%. It helps to greatly reduce noises like fan noise, room acoustics and TV from others in the house. Far more clear than listening to even a good quality speaker when it comes to hearing CW well.
It is a headphone but allows replacement cords to be attached and within the design, unbeknownst to most users, is a mic plug which also allows for a microphone. You can't easily get such a mic plug from Bose, they reserve that for their overpriced Aircraft communications headsets. You can though buy an after-market microphone attachment which lets you hear & talk. Get that from here: http://www.headsetbuddy.com/clearmic-noise-canceling-microphone-for-bo se-qc15-headphones/ or a shorter link: http://tinyurl.com/lezjfv6 Good luck OM, think this'll help. 73, Gary KA1J > While in the Navy I damaged my hearing from exposure to loud noises (Naval > Aircraft)Since then I've always had a real struggle copying CW (but I'm > stubborn and keep trying) > > I was playing around with the pitch and found that the higher frequency > toneshave a ringing to them but as I went lower in pitch the ringing faded > quite a bit. > So I'm basically looking for tips to help me to be able to copy better. > Thank you > > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > Message delivered to [email protected] > --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. http://www.avast.com ______________________________________________________________ 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 Message delivered to [email protected]
