[CQ-Contest] Reducing Pain in Ears and Bum while Contesting

Barry w2up at comcast.net
Sun Nov 22 21:06:26 EST 2015


Use ear buds or very lightweight headphones, like these: 
http://www.amazon.com/Sony-MDR-W08L-Vertical-In-The-Ear-Headphones/dp/B00005N6KG

Ear buds will work better in a multi or other noisy environment.  I had 
Heil headphones at one time and never liked them.

Barry W2UP

On 11/22/2015 16:41, Chuck Dietz wrote:
> 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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