[CQ-Contest] earbuds?

[dbmcalpine73 at gmail.com]

Dave,

Thanks for your comments and suggestions.  As I looked into the possibilities, it seems like any of the devices that use Bluetooth as the connection method can’t be used due to the latency problems.  I guess there is no way around this problem other than to resort to a wired connection.  Guess it is on to the MFJ speech enhancer.

73, Dennis, K2SX

 

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There are hearing aids that offer multiple sound profiles to match your purpose and adjustable through your smartphone or separate control device.  In the July, 2014 issue of CQ Magazine (at p.16) Martti Laine, OH2BH, not without some appropriate humor, described his quest for some, shall we say, extra help via electronics to offset certain effects of aging in the competitive environment of WRTC-2014.  He settled on a product from the line of LiNX aids from the Danish firm ReSound.  Updated versions are available here in the U.S., if you are interested in exploring their capabilities.  Another option is to try to restore your hearing profile without a hearing aid, as such using one of the products from the Australian company Nura.  A third option is to carefully adjust your audio profile using the multi-band receive audio equalizer that now is available on some transceivers, such as the FLEX signature and Apache Anan lines.  Finally, if your receiver lacks sufficient adjustable equalization capabilities, you might try an outboard unit such as the MFJ-616 "speech intelligibility enhancer."

 

Just some thoughts. YMMV.

 

73, Dave K3ZJ

 

 

 

On Mon, Aug 30, 2021 at 12:05 PM <dbmcalpine73 at gmail.com <mailto:dbmcalpine73 at gmail.com> > wrote:

After reading the article in this weekend's Wall Street Journal about the
improvement in Active Noise Cancelling earbuds, I am curious if anyone is
using them for contesting.  If so, I am curious as to which ones you are
using, how you connect them to your radio (a K3 in my case) and how they
compare to over-the-ear phones like the CM-500?  Since I normally wear
hearing aids, I am curious if you can wear them with your ear buds (I
usually take them off for contests anyway).  

Thanks.

73, Dennis, K2SX

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