[TenTec] Hearing ringing in ear

[Ellen Rugowski]

Agreed Richard,

I used to play lead guitar in heavy rock bands.  I always watch my hearing
to keep the high end loss in check.  I don't want to wind up like my uncle
(also a guitarist), with 70% of my hearing gone from it.  The high end goes
first.  Guess what - oftentimes hearing a CW signal as a higher pitch, can
make it easier to copy.  When you lose your high end hearing, you lose this
ability.  Maybe that's why I've always liked a bassier bottom heavy guitar
tone, even when running tons of distortion.  It's easier on the ears.  The
same thing seems to hold true for some DSPs on rigs.  Too much DSP, seems to
make the audio, especially trebly when you 're wearing head phones to dig
out the weak ones.  Ouch!

73,
Ellen - AF9J
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Richard Donovan" <n5xm at cox.net>
To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec at contesting.com>
Sent: Sunday, March 05, 2006 7:42 AM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Hearing ringing in ear


>      Byron, you are as right as you can be.  I never wore ear plugs at
> concerts, and even worse, I played in many rock bands myself, with my left
> ear toward my Marshall amp stack.  Even now, I sometimes ride the RF
control
> too high without thinking about it when it's totally not needed.  I don't
> have any hearing aids yet, but the high-frequency and overall hearing loss
> sure made learning CW harder for me than it needed to be.  Take care of
your
> ears boys and girls, you only get one pair.  Oh, and for the record, I
> consider this very on-topic.  73, Richard, n5xm
>
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