In my geography, there is a definite divide relative to spending money on radio gear. On one hand, there are so many of us that own and use Elecraft gear, the joke is that I’m the President of JERK (Jim’s Elecraft Radio Klub). On the other side of the ledger, unless they get the equipment for free, they are probably not interested.
Many of us bring our complete K3 stations to Field Day. This actually gives lots of folks who show up the chance to operate a really well integrated radio environment. We choose to activate an Emergency Operations Center (EOC) for our Field Day event, which also means lots of radios, operators, and loggers in close proximity. Headset are a must, but the real question is, what headset? There were some other challenges, most notably the ability to control the volume level at each headset. Getting an operator and a logger to agree on a volume level ranks right after gaining world peace. This year, we experimented with a very low cost gaming headset. You can read about it here: http://www.microcenter.com/product/426836/Stereo_Gaming_Headset_-_Black <http://www.microcenter.com/product/426836/Stereo_Gaming_Headset_-_Black> At $7.99 plus tax, the price is right, even for the more “frugal” among us. There were a couple of minor issues during implementation, but we were able to easily navigate through them. On the Elecraft Radios, the headsets were amazing! We even had happy operators and logging personnel, each being able to adjust the audio level with the inline volume controls! If you choose to, you can read more details about our experience here: https://k8jk.wordpress.com/2016/07/01/low-cost-headsets-for-field-day/ <https://k8jk.wordpress.com/2016/07/01/low-cost-headsets-for-field-day/> DISCLAIMERS It doesn’t mean that your choice for a headset is any better or worse than this one - I’m just sharing our experience. There was no lab analysis performed. I am not fiscally connected to Microcenter or Elecraft in any income producing way….however both of them do wind up with lots of my $$$ 73 Jim K8JK ______________________________________________________________ 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]
