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From: cfiaime@ihnp4.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.aviation
Subject: Re:  Headsets
Message-ID: <361@ihnp4.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 6-Jul-83 13:18:18 EDT
Article-I.D.: ihnp4.361
Posted: Wed Jul  6 13:18:18 1983
Date-Received: Thu, 7-Jul-83 21:58:38 EDT
Organization: BTL Naperville, Il.
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When talking headsets, I would like to mention my favorite and 
a warning.  Being the definite cheap flyer, I was interested in
the Telex MRB-600 which I purchased in 1977.  This fool headset
has traveled all over the country, in Funks and King Airs.  The 
only problem with it so far has been that a plastic trim piece
has come off and has been lost.  

You can still find the MRB-600 with a push to talk switch for 
well under $100 mail-order.  Being a carbon mic, the transmission
quality is not the greatest, but I have yet to have a controller
yell at me about it.

For three years, I used a Platronics Starset while I was a telephone
operator.  The set, if not fitted correctly, can give ear infections,
and is VERY uncomfortable after a few minutes.  I gave up on it
and went to the old WECO 52 telephone headset.  Neither one was really
good, however.

As for comfort with the Telex, I have worn it for up to 14 hours in
one day with no problems.  It is a bit more comfortable when worn 
over a baseball cap, however.  As a matter of fact, I keep the
headset on even when the radio is off in the Funk.  It keeps the
hearing a bit better, and I have fewer problems wearing the headset
than in wearing EAR plugs.  (Residual ear problems from the Platronics  
make any ear plug a problem for me.)

I hope that this gives some useable information on headsets for any
and all.

Jeff Williams
ihnp4!cfiaime
BTL Naperville