[bars] Icom headset for Field Day?
Tim - K1DC
k1dc.radio at gmail.com
Thu Jun 26 12:11:03 CDT 2025
The 3rd radio is the VHF (aka 6M) station. However, depending on the
antennas we end up with it could be a GOTA station as well.
BTW, the exchange will be "2A EMA" (Eastern MA section).
T.
On 6/26/2025 11:53, Christopher Lennon wrote:
> 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>
>>> <mailto:bars at w1hh.org>
>>> Date: 6/25/25 5:26 PM (GMT-05:00)
>>> To: 'BARS Reflector' <bars at w1hh.org> <mailto: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
>>>
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> Tim Carter - K1DC
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"Computers are incredibly fast, accurate and stupid; humans are
incredibly slow, inaccurate and brilliant; together they are powerful
beyond imagination." -- /Albert Einstein/
Warning: Spelling errors in this message are the product of a poor
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