Look at these commercial operators at work for examples of what Jim is talking about:
http://www.radiomarine.org/historic-5.html Ron AC7AC -----Original Message----- Michael, A lot of us "older hams" developed the habit of wearing our "cans" (as the headphones were known) a bit in front of our ears when working CW. I still do it. It protects my ears from sudden loud sounds. It also cuts down on the ringing in my ears. There is almost nothing as hard on hearing as pumping loud sounds directly down the ear canal. A lot of young folk will discover this the hard way when their hearing starts to disappear one of these days. 72, Jim W4BQP since '53 K2 #2268 michael taylor wrote: > >I am still left wondering though about the "ringing" in my ears after >listening in on older hams operate a station during Field Day. Several >hams I know have complained of hearing lost and only one can pin it on >his day job in a machine shop, rather than too much time listening to a >loud radio to attempt to understand a signal underneath the QRN and >QRM. _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
