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John Miller <[log in to unmask]>
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Blind-Hams For blind ham radio operators <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 13 Dec 2004 20:44:46 -0500
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I think that's what's now with my laptop, they don't work with this
computer, I have to crank the volume all the way up on the computer, I never
had to do that before or with any other headset.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Anthony Vece" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, December 13, 2004 7:29 PM
Subject: Re: headphones reccomendation


> Hi John;
>
> I use a model from Radio Shack.
>
> OPTIMUS NOVA 79.
>
> They cost me all of about 9:00 dollars and they work great.
>
> They don't have a volume control however, they have a boom mic which you
> can
> move above your head.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> 73 De Anthony W2AJV
> [log in to unmask]
> ECHOLINK NODE NUMBER: 74389
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Monday, December 13, 2004 6:32 PM
> Subject: headphones reccomendation
>
>
>> Hi all, a lot of you use skype and echolink so I figured I'd ask, does
>> anyone know where I can get a good, decent sounding set of headphones
>> with
>> the mic for my computer?  I got a pair at radio shack a while ago, cost
>> me
>> about $40 and they were perfect but they broke, they only now have a
>> cheap
>> pare which I got on sale, but there's a major impedance mismatch with my
>> computer's headphone jack I believe, I have the sound plaster live
>> platinum
>> sound card with the headphone and mic jack on the front and these just
>> don't
>> cut it, I got a set on Amazon' which I've been using, they're better, but
>> still not the radio shack ones I had and they are very uncomfortable
>> after
>> a
>> little while, I'm sorry I forget the name on them, the little cheap radio
>> shack ones I use on my laptop now BTW where it works just fine. Anyway,
>> I'm
>> not going to spend a fortune on them, but if anyone has
>> recommendations,if
>> I'm going to use a mic I'd much rather them be on a headset, and if it
>> didn't have the volume control on the cord, that would be nice too but it
>> can, I have one on the computer though and don't need both.  Thanks, I
>> hope
>> I can find a good set that sounds good, no luck so far.
>>
>>
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