[CQ-Contest] Wireless Headphones?

[Tom Osborne]

Hi Gary.

I am using a pair of wireless headphones my wife got from Radio Shack about
5 years ago as a Christmas present.  Best resent I ever got.  I love them.
There is no delay at all and they work just as well or better than the ones
I have with the cord.

I am hard of hearing and wear hearing aids and with regular headphones, I
can't wear them without all sorts of squeals and burps.  With the wireless
ones, I can take my hearing aids out and set the volume on the headphones
to a comfortable level with out the 'aids.  That is really nice.

I put a piece of velcro on the side of the headphones, and a piece on the
boom mic that I use,  When I operate SSB, I just stick the boom mic to the
velcro and use it that way.  I don't work much SSB, so it was more like an
afterthought to make them work for phone.  73
Tom W7WHY


On Wed, Nov 22, 2017 at 10:11 AM, garyk9gs <garyk9gs at wi.rr.com> wrote:

> I have been thinking of buying a pair of wireless headphones.
> If you read postings by hams the consensus is that there is too much of a
> delay, making CW use difficult or impossible.
> On the other hand, wireless headphones are marketed toward gamers and for
> watching TV ( so you don't disturb your partner).  Wouldn't any delay for
> these uses be an equally bad problem?
> Has anyone had any luck for ham use and if so, what models are you using?
> I also see that you can purchase separate transmitters and receivers so
> that you can use your favorite pair of non wireless headphones.   Is this a
> better or worse solution?  Same questions above apply.
> Happy Thanksgiving
>
>
> 73-Gary K9GS
> _