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Re: cordless headphones

Subject: Re: cordless headphones
From: "Rob D."<>
Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2003 11:54:09 -0500
>Brookstone manufactures nothing.  If you want this unit you need to
>find the manufacturer and buy direct to get the cost down.  Seems
>high to me but in exchange it is ready to go.
>
>I was thinking about the very small "walkie-takies" for this unit.
>These are available most everywhere now and it gives a 2 mile range. 
>I see uhf pairs selling for about $30.00 that have vox mic in (voice
>activated transmit) and headphone out jacks. These jacks are usually
>used for headsets for things like motorcycle drivers. Then you could
>use the headphones of your choice and run a patch cable from the
>recorder headphone out to the mic in jack so that it is locked in
>transmit perpetual with the headphone volume set correctly.  I have
>not yet checked the audio quality of these units with external
>devices yet.  I also note that output to the headphones would be mono
>which means that you would need a patch cord to convert your
>headphones to mono if you went with this approach.  Anyone have a
>pair of these little "walkie talkies" to try it out for us?
>
>Rich Peet

Hi Rich--
Weren't those bandwidths pretty much opened to chaos by the FCC? I'll 
mail you a gmrs 5 mile $40 pair to play with. Lots of interference; 
compressed, line of sight only. Ferget even trying around cities. 
They do lock down in transmit mode though. Rob D.


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