‰ NOW 20 WPM ‰ HEADSET, LIKE THE SENNHEISER HMD SERIES. I KNOW HF CONTESTERS WHO SWEAR BY TRANSMIT AUDIO EQUALIZERS LIKE THOSE FROM W2IHY OR MFJ. IF YOU CAN GAIN A FEW DB AROUND THE NOISE, WHY NOT? LIKEWISE, I HAVE BEEN IMPRESSED BY EXTERNAL DSP NOISE SILENCERS, SUCH AS THE NCT CLEARSPEECH SPEAKER OR THE HEIL UPDATE OF THIS PRODUCT. EVEN IN A QUIET ENVIRONMENT, THESE VERY FAST DSP PROCESSORS APPEAR TO PROVIDE SOME REAL ADVANTAGES FOR HEARING EXTREMELY WEAK SIGNALS. I HAVE HEARD A DEMONSTRATION OF THE MFJ 616 SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY ENHANCER, AND IT DOES IMPROVE YOUR ABILITY TO COPY WEAK SIGNALS. WHETHER YOU BUILD OR BUY, YOU NEED A DIGITAL INTERFACE THAT CONNECTS YOUR COMPUTER TO YOUR IF STRIPS. WEST MOUNTAIN RADIO MAKES THE ‰ FROM PAGE 103 ‰ JH1XYR/342 JH2AYB/340 JH4FEB/345 JH4IFF/345 JH4RLY/343 JH7FMJ/344 ‰ END OF 20 WPM TEXT ‰ QST DE W1AW ƒ