I have three sets of headphones, Bose QC15, Yamaha CM500 and some generic ear
buds.
I find that they all hurt a different place and I rotate through them during a
contest.
The Heil's didn't suit me.
Mark. N2QT
> On Nov 23, 2015, at 5:48 AM, Ed Sawyer <sawyered@earthlink.net> wrote:
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> "I have been contesting for many years and find that the pressure on the
> ears from the headphones and the pressure on the butt from prolonged sitting
> are both painful. I use Heil headphones and asked them about the headphone
> pressure problem at Dayton. They said to just pull the sides apart and
> stretch the band. It won't break. I know this sounds stupidly elementary,
> but I was always afraid of breaking them so I had not tried this."
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> I found the Heil headsets, while wonderful, way too bulky to do 45 hours in
> a contest without fatigue and even pain at the end. I now use the Bose QC15
> with a boom mic add on and it is wonderful. The Heil sits in the draw as a
> back up or when I multi op with my wife Christine, KB1PQN.
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> For sitting, I have found that once each day in the contest, standing for at
> least an hour, helps a lot. I am able to adjust the screen and prop up the
> keyboard. I usually do it during a pretty high rate hour since I am not
> able to SO2R at the same time.
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> 73
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> Ed N1UR
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