[CQ-Contest] Wireless Headphones?

[Barry Merrill]

I just acquired a streaming device for my hearing aids, uDirect3,
that isn't wireless, with a mini-cable connecting the radio to
headphone jack on the physical Bluetooth device around my neck
(that has the remote level controls for the aids, and the mike
and button with which to answer the blue-tooth connected iPhone),
but it's well worth the cost for the excellent audio and 
complete absence of headphones!!

However, this model did find rfi above 500 SSB watts in a second
story shack with a known longwire rfi generator that shut 
down the audio, but that was readily cured by wrapping 7 turns
of the mini cable around a 2 inch toroid.

73

Barry, W5GN, EI/W5GN

-----Original Message-----
From: CQ-Contest [mailto:cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Tom
Osborne
Sent: Wednesday, November 22, 2017 6:18 PM
To: cq-contest at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Wireless Headphones?

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
> _
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