The Japan Radio headphones are 600 ohm and work fine
on the scout -
http://www.universal-radio.com/catalog/head/0682.html
They are a little bulky for portable use, but the
sound is excellent.
- Charlie
--- ARDUJENSKI@aol.com wrote:
> (Oooops cleaned up the text a bit--sorry)
>
> The SCOUT is set up for 600 OHM headsets. There are
> no mods and 600 ohm
> headsets are not readily available except thru
> surplus. The SCOUT MANUAL only
>
> talks about inserting a 4-8 ohm set plug mid way in.
> First off I would say
> most
> Scout operators use headsets and secondly the
> screech from using the headsets
>
> this way is almost deafening. I am curious if there
> was some method to
> this madness. When contacting Ten Tec you get little
> or no advice, the web
> offers little advice, and querries to the news
> groups you get at least a
> dozen
> methods to come up with some sort of matching
> circuit. My question is why
> make a vital circuit (headphone) so difficult to use
> and provide no guidance?
>
> Or have I missed something along the way? One would
> think a circuit as
> important as a headset would be more than an
> afterthought
>
> Alan KB7MBI
>
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