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In article <1992Dec18.230348.18944@opus.hunt.inmet.com> lenny@hobbs.hunt.inmet.com (Lenny Goodman) writes:
>From: lenny@hobbs.hunt.inmet.com (Lenny Goodman)
>I've been looking into telephone headsets (the things that telephone
>operators usually wear) and the prices are much higher than I expected:
>$160 - $200 and UP.  Basically, the thing consists of half a headphone,
>a microphone, and a small amplifier.  I would have thought that the price
>would be $60 to $80.  Does anyone know why they are so expensive; or,
>does anyone know a source where the price is more reasonable??  Thanks.
>
>  -- Len

The ones I'm familiar with are made by Pacific Plantronics.  The cost
is as you said if you get them from the manufacturer or places that
sell stuff for airplanes.  You can get all models for $5-$30 at hamfests.
They look neat, people rip them off, then can't figure out how to use
them with ham equipment, so sell them cheap.  See _Ham Radio_ magazine
Oct. 1981, p.18 for an article about how to do it, including schematic
for discrete-component amplifier for Plantronics MS-50.  Copy for SASE.

BTW, don't share the kind with the ear plug and sound tube-- It's a 
good way to transmit ear infections.  If you get a used one, sterilize
it first.

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Frank Reid   W9MKV     reid@ucs.indiana.edu
PO Box 5283
Bloomington IN 47407