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From: dick@hpfcmt.UUCP (dick)
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Subject: Re: Orphaned Response
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Date: Thu, 9-May-85 13:30:00 EDT
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Posted: Thu May  9 13:30:00 1985
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Nf-From: hpfcmt!dick    May 16 09:30:00 1985

In the May issue of "73" magazine I saw an ad for a microphone/earphone
combination for use with HTs.  It used a press to talk switch and the cost
was about $100.  It claimed a space age technology but looks very much like
an earphone that doubles as a microphone to amplify the sound available in 
your ear canal when you speak.  I don't know how this works, but folks here in
the office speculate that this might be something like the earphones used by the
secret service. (Never saw one of those guys with a boom mike)

This device was available for the ICOM-02AT and was advertised as a good 
solution for noisy environments.  

I don't want to think about what could happen to your ear if you crash while 
using this thing.  (The proof is left as an exercise for the student......

73s

dick anderson
hp fort collins