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Shove your Sangean (everybody knows how I feel about Sangean so-called
"radios" and that STUPID ASS!!!! ccrane F....D UP!!!!! company) and your wire up your ass! cuhulin |
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For weak signals or sideband, I find using a pair of David Clark's does
the trick. The less bass, the more intelligible the signal. They are a vice on your head, but good isolation. About $50 on ebay. You may need to change the plug on them. Fidelity? Hardly. http://davidclark.com/ |
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I use a pair of ancient Sennheiser HD424 "open air" headphones.
To remove some of the highs I use a simple trebble cut, .1uF in series with a 10K pot, for CW I use a ~.2uf. I have found the open air phones to be much less fatiguing due to thier much lighter wieght, and th open design avoids the headach I get form close earphones like the Koss Pro4As. I also have a 2 strings of 2 each 1N4004's in series to clip peaks. Crude but effective Terry |
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You can use a mono(male) to stereo(female) adaptor to allow
stereo earphone to work with a mono source. The Radio Shack 274-368 is one such adaptor. "Use stereo headset with mono device such as scanner! * Accepts 1/8" stereo phone plug * Fits 1/8" mono phone jack * Lets you connect stereo headphones to scanner, CB or shortwave radio, or recorder" Terry |
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The best I've found was a set of communications mono phones from Radio
Shack. They were just right for listening to ssb voice and broadcast on shortwave. A mono to stereo adapter allowd them to be used on more up to date receivers with stereo jacks. |
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Lots of responses and lots of misunderstanding. But thanks.
Well, I grabbed a pair of the Kenwood HS-5's today! These are the first "communications" cans I have ever owned - very nice. They certainly "restrict" the audio frequency response - 150Hz to 4000Hz Compared to audiophile headphones like Sennheiser HD424 - 20Hz to 20000Hz! These are excellent for spoken voice programs such as news reports, sports, etc. These will also be very good for serious SSB and CW Dxing. High audio frequency hiss from the audio amp of the receiver is gone. Atmospheric static crashes and local noise much less obtrusive. The "narrower" audio frequency range of these HS-5's takes a while for the ear to get used to it. The aural effect is somewhat like switching in a narrow AM filter on your receiver. This should help out when trying to catch that elusive ID on a weak and/or interfered station with atmospheric noise such as distant lightning static crashes or local noise. In the past I had also used those old Sennheiser HD424. I still have them. Excellent headphones for listening to CD's. And they were very nice for SWL if the station you were listening to was 20 over S9. But they let through every static crash and audio hiss and hum on weak signals - very fatiguing in the aural sense. But very comfortable to wear for hours since they were "barely there" so to speak. So far I am very happy with these HS-5's, light, comfortable - thumbs up! "John S." wrote in message oups.com... The best I've found was a set of communications mono phones from Radio Shack. They were just right for listening to ssb voice and broadcast on shortwave. A mono to stereo adapter allowd them to be used on more up to date receivers with stereo jacks. |
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