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

[Mark n2qt]

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 at 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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