Headsets and ANR

On Fri, 08 Jul 2005 14:25:51 GMT, Mitty wrote:



On 7/8/2005 1:46 AM, Roger wrote the following:
On Mon, 04 Jul 2005 18:00:53 -0400, Luke Scharf

Flying small prop planes I would not want anything that did not have full ear
coverage like the passive, but with ANR added.


You like hot & sweaty ears?
It sure beats not being able to hear and going deaf. OTOH the old
Telex are "HEAVY"!


I went along in the right seat of a twin wearing one of those little
headsets. I was supposed to handle the radios and we were going dual pilot
IFR. I basically ended up as a passenger as I could not hear a thing ATC
said.


Roger, you surprise me. You are usually far too logical to leap from one sample
to such abroad conclusion. The "little headset" may have been bad, but my

They may have been, but they were his spare as an ATP.

Clarity set has better attenuation than the ANRs in almost the whole spectrum.
Try one. The audio quality and sound attenuation will amaze you. You may even
lose your fondness for sweaty ears and for placing weights on your head while
flying.

I'm not so sure. To really cut the sound you really need to cover the
mastoid bone. (I used to do a lot of trap shooting). Adding ear
muffs over ear plugs was like the difference between night and day.



I can't imagine wanting a cell phone interface in the head set.

I can. I have the phone numbers for the ATC centers on my clipboard and having a

You don't have the number already in memory? Mine does.

cell phone aboard is on my checklist. If the radios go out, I'll just call in to
discuss the situation. I can't legally test this plan, but it seems likely to

Sure you can as you are on the ground the way it's stated. OTOH, I
guess it would be nice in the air if you don't get an "out of
coverage" signal. Mine usually shuts down by 2000 feet if I forget to
turn it off. It has to be turned off to reset if you want to call
anything other than 911.

work. Cell is also nice for clearances from fss at un-towered airports.

Yah, but that's on the ground and if the radios aren't working I don't
need the head set as I haven't fired up by that time.
I fly out of an uncontrolled airport (3BS) but we have a Remote outlet
on the field. Choose the frequency, follow the directions and it
phones the tower.

Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member)
(N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair)
www.rogerhalstead.com