I bought replacement ear pad cushions and earpad covers for Koss UR20, headphones on eBay a while back for $14.24. They fit the CM500 fine. A pain to change but worth it. I have had very good results with CM500. They fit my head better than the Heil's which were too tight. I would rather have a material cover which I find more comfortable for wearing for many hours in a contest. I use a quarter of a paper towel between the headset cushions and my ears. That works fine. And the CM500's are so cheap I bought a spare, just in case. N2TK, Tony
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Wes Sent: Tuesday, May 5, 2020 9:45 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Elecraft] CM500 headset on K3S and KX3? The failures I have are the ear pads disintegrate. Someone said Koss pads could work but that hasn't been my experience. I've found some '500s at estate sales where I snap them up. Currently the law firm where my fiance is employed is working from home and she's using a set on her computer to "attend" on-line meetings. I guess I can add "IT Manager" to my resume, since I'm helping her with her connections. I second the use of VOX. Wes N7WS On 5/5/2020 5:32 PM, Jim Brown wrote: > On 5/5/2020 4:44 PM, Paul Gacek via Elecraft wrote: >> For what its worth and everyones milage will vary, I had a brand new >> CM500 that I used for a week of hard operating while on a pretty >> island and the boom came loose after a couple of days. > > Your experience is unusual. In about 11 years, the only thing that has > ever gone wrong with my CM500s have been a broken cable, which, > unfortunately, is not replaceable. I'm kind of a klutz, so I'm hard on > cables, dropping them, kicking them, etc. Perhaps it got broken in shipping? > > I've never used anything but VOX for SSB and digital modes. That's > always worked just fine as long as there's not loud noise (like when > the XYL walks through the shack and lets the screen door slam). :) > > 73, Jim K9YC > ______________________________________________________________ > 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] ______________________________________________________________ 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] ______________________________________________________________ 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]
