Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/26/83; site ihnp4.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!floyd!whuxlb!pyuxll!eisx!npoiv!npois!hogpc!houxm!ihnp4!cfiaime 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. Lines: 33 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