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

[Filipe Lopes]

Hi guys

I have switched to BOSE QC25 and ANTLION microphone and it is just amazing.
No more ear pain after the contest.


73's Filipe Lopes
CT1ILT - CR6K
F4VPX - TM3M

2015-11-23 15:36 GMT+01:00 Chuck Dietz <w5prchuck at gmail.com>:

> Oops, I forgot the second half...
>
> For the bum:  I bought a "Wondergel" pad that truckers use for long trips.
> I got the 2" Extreme version.  It uses a collapsing lattice of gel that
> works better than the memory foam pillow I had been using.  With the
> pressure of sitting on it, the memory foam pillow collapses flat.  The
> Wondergel pad is much more firm and designed for the weight of sitting.  I
> found it at a county fair type event, but Google shows it is sold at
> Northern Tool for $80 which is the same price I paid.
>
> Chuck W5PR
>
> On Mon, Nov 23, 2015 at 4:48 AM, Ed Sawyer <sawyered at earthlink.net> 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."
> >
> >
> >
> > 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.
> >
> >
> >
> > 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.
> >
> >
> >
> > 73
> >
> >
> >
> > Ed  N1UR
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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