[CQ-Contest] Bose Noise-canceling headphones

[Pete Smith]

At 02:33 PM 9/12/01 -0400, k1dg at ix.netcom.com wrote:
...
>I have not added a boom mike - past experiences in jury-rigging a
>Heil boom mike to good phones (Beyer DT-550, for example, which is
>another extremely nice lightweight headphone circa 1990) have been 
>unsatisfactory. I only operate CW from home anyway, so SSB 
>enhancements can wait. Bose sells a headphone with boom mike, but 
>at $1000, it'll have to wait.

I have had quite good luck with adding the Heil boom mike to other phones.
I use a hardware store shoulder nut that has a wide face, epoxied into a
hole in the shell of the headphone.  I then install the entire Heil
hardware set, including the small bronze spring washer, and it works quite
well.  I've done this on several different headphones.  The only problem
I've had is some acoustic feedback if the monitor audio is set too high.

73, Pete N4ZR


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