[CQ-Contest] Headset for contesting

Tue May 21 11:05:03 EDT 2002

I quite agree, I tend to like my Sennheiser NR headphones the best. Low
weight, good intelligibility, fatigue free. If the audio bandwidth is to
wide it can always be narrowed outboard. Their is a real element of the
Noise Reduction allowing you to hear further into the noise floor. I guess
the S/N ratio doesn't play favorites with where the noise came from, reduce
the noise and the S/N gets better!
Dave KØXH
----- Original Message -----
From: "Georgens, Tom" <tgeorgen at lsil.com>
To: <tgstewart at pepco.com>; <cq-contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, May 20, 2002 10:44 PM
Subject: RE: [CQ-Contest] Headset for contesting


> I stopped by the Heil booth yesterday as it was being torn down.  I asked
> Mr. Heil if he considered using noise reduction headphones.  He became
quite
> agitated and told me that the Pro Set+ was the best headset ever made and
> the phase reversal was better than noise reduction.
>
> I have never tried the new Pro Set but I have contested with Bose noise
> reduction headphones.  I would never operate without the noise reduction
> models ever again.  The noise was reduced greatly and I could operate with
> the AF gain much lower than without them - something I will surely
> appreciate 30 years from now.  The only negative was that they were
> susceptible to RF and it took a long time to make them usable.
>
> My question to Mr. Heil was based on a legitimate interest in combining
the
> boom mic with the good headphones.  What I did for phone in the past was
to
> sacrifice a cheap boom mic from a hands free phone headset.  I bought the
> Heil contest element and replaced the one at the end of the boom.  I then
> glommed the boom onto the Bose set with tie wraps and tape.  It was not
> pretty but it lasted 48 hours with no trouble.
>
> 73, Tom W2SC
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: tgstewart at pepco.com [mailto:tgstewart at pepco.com]
> Sent: Monday, May 20, 2002 2:39 PM
> To: cq-contest at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Headset for contesting
>
>
> One thing I just cant fathom is why Heil and/or other headset makers
> havent come out with an active noise-reduction stereo headset with a
> dynamic boom mike!
>
> I find my Noisebuster Extreme headphones indispensable in noisy
> environments, but it's not over the ear, it's very cheaply made, and
> suffers from RFI when in a high RF environment.  However, I often use it,
> with my Proset over the top just for the microphone.
>
> I asked Mr Heil about that a couple of years ago at Dayton and he showed
> no interest whatsoever.
>
> Sure, his mikes are probably the best, but the headphones are crap (OK,
> they are comfortable crap!).  How anyone could be so serious about
> microphone audio and not give a darn about headphone audio and electronics
> is beyond me...
>
> I think it's a small gold mine waiting to be tapped...and I'd pay several
> hundred dollars for the full package.
>
> I think Jay needs a new product line, doesnt he??  ;)
>
> Ty K3MM
>
>
>
>
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>
>
> "Bob Naumann - N5NJ" <n5nj at gte.net>
> Sent by: cq-contest-admin at contesting.com
> 05/20/2002 09:16 AM
>
>
>         To:     "Jurgen Geldhof" <jurgen.geldhof at skynet.be>,
> <cq-contest at contesting.com>
>         cc:
>         Subject:        Re: [CQ-Contest] Headset for contesting
>
>
> I have not used the Proset+ on the air, but did look closely at it this
> weekend in Dayton.  The Proset+ is quite different from the regular
> proset.
>
> One major difference is that it includes both the HC-4 and HC-5 elements
> which you can select via a tiny slide switch on the mike boom.
>
> Another difference is that there is a toggle switch that puts one ear
> piece
> out of phase.
>
> The last difference is that the headset overall is much larger and, in my
> opinion, more comfortable.
>
> With either headset, the new 'stretchy' elastic / cotton covers for the
> earpads are excellent and make both more comfortable to my ears.
>
> The cotton covers are priced too high at $6 a pair, but they do make a
> distinct improvement in comfort.  I anticipate that it will reduce the
> amount of sweating that was normal with only the standard 'leather' pads.
>
> Bob N5NJ
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jurgen Geldhof" <jurgen.geldhof at skynet.be>
> To: <cq-contest at contesting.com>
> Sent: Monday, May 20, 2002 7:49 AM
> Subject: [CQ-Contest] Headset for contesting
>
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > can anyone advise me which headset is best for contesting ?
> >
> > I'm considering the Heil Proset or the Proset +.
> >
> > What do you think ?  Is the Proset + worth the extra money ?
> >
> > Please let me know.
> >
> > 73
> >
> > Jo ON5MF
> >
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