[bars] Icom headset for Field Day?

Thu Jun 26 10:53:50 CDT 2025

A side question.  I thought I heard that we will have three radios and as
an answer to a question somebody said our exchange would be "2A MA".  Are
we doing the dedicated GOTA radio thing?  If so, I think that's great!

Chris

On Thu, Jun 26, 2025 at 11:22 AM Tim - K1DC <k1dc.radio at gmail.com> wrote:

> All good recommendations, Chris.
>
> - All radios have 1/4 female jacks for CW keys.  One station will have a
> digital keyer that allows N1MM to send CW.
>
> - All radios have 1/4 female jacks for headphones.  I will bring a few 1/4
> <-> 1/8 adapters.  We also have a few 1/4 splitters to allow two people to
> listen the same radio.  For example, if one person is logging/mentoring and
> the other is operating.
>
> For folks that want to use a headset, we also have the option for a
> footswitch (1/4 female) rather than VOX but we don't seem to have any
> footswitches - BYOFS I guess. ;-)
>
> 73,
>
> T.
> On 6/26/2025 9:22, Christopher Lennon wrote:
>
> I have some concern about this as well.  The number one serious
> recommendation in the KB9VBR Field Day recommendations for beginners videt
> was:
>
> Bring your own cans.
>
> I am planning to bring mine and I am fine with hand keying a mic and not
> using Vox.  That is how I normally operate SSB and I know that when I start
> talking to myself it won't be going out over the air.
>
> The number two recommendation was for CW ops:
>
> Bring your own key.
>
> Since numbers one and two might involve compatibility issues with radios,
> the number three recommendation was:
>
> Bring two 3.5 mm to quarter inch jack adapters
>
> So I am bringing those too.  Despite the recommendation for own cans being
> number one, the recommendation that garnered the most excitement was:
>
> Bring a roll of toilet paper
>
> I have already packed that.
>
> Chris
> W2BPL
>
>
> On Thu, Jun 26, 2025 at 5:21 AM gary--- via bars <bars at w1hh.org> wrote:
>
>> I wear headphones everyday as part of my work (commercial broadcast
>> radio).  One of the first things I was taught by the Chief Engineer at WRKO
>> back in the early 70's was NEVER to wear any "cans" other than my own
>> pair.    It is a sure fire way to pick up all kinds of germs and diseases
>> by wearing headphones that have been on someone elses head.  That is a rule
>> that I have never breached in over 55+ years in the industry, and have
>> passed it on to many newbies.
>>
>> Gary Frascarelli
>> Ham Radio - W1GFF
>> ------------------------------
>> *From:* gary at garyfrascarelli.com <gary at garyfrascarelli.com>
>> *Sent:* Thursday, June 26, 2025 5:18 AM
>> *To:* n1hts <n1hts at comcast.net>; 'BARS Reflector' <bars at w1hh.org>; Tim -
>> K1DC <k1dc.radio at gmail.com>
>> *Subject:* Re: [bars] Icom headset for Field Day?
>>
>>
>>
>> Gary Frascarelli
>> Ham Radio - W1GFF
>> ------------------------------
>> *From:* bars <bars-bounces at w1hh.org> on behalf of Tim - K1DC via bars <
>> bars at w1hh.org>
>> *Sent:* Wednesday, June 25, 2025 11:04 PM
>> *To:* n1hts <n1hts at comcast.net>; 'BARS Reflector' <bars at w1hh.org>
>> *Subject:* Re: [bars] Icom headset for Field Day?
>>
>>
>> Jim,
>>
>> I wouldn't say no but it does tend to get a bit noisy at FD.  Nan's porch
>> is smaller than the EOC garage so it may get a bit crowded in there.
>>
>> Tim/K1DC
>> On 6/25/2025 20:55, n1hts wrote:
>>
>> I have my lightweight ICOM headset with foot switch you can use. Not
>> great for a noisy environment but it works with my Pro II.
>>
>> You want to try it out?
>>
>> N1HTS
>>
>>
>>
>> Sent from my Galaxy
>>
>>
>> -------- Original message --------
>> From: Tim - K1DC via bars <bars at w1hh.org> <bars at w1hh.org>
>> Date: 6/25/25 5:26 PM (GMT-05:00)
>> To: 'BARS Reflector' <bars at w1hh.org> <bars at w1hh.org>
>> Subject: [bars] Icom headset for Field Day?
>>
>> We're short one Icom compatible headset for the Field Day radios.  Anyone
>> have one we could borrow?  Icom uses condenser mic elements rather than
>> dynamic as used by most manufacturers.
>>
>> Thanks & 73!
>>
>> Tim/K1DC
>> --
>>
>> Courageously sent from a non-Apple device that *includes* a headphone
>> jack.
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