Is a Bluetooth Headset in Your Ham Radio Future? 

Based on the microphones, if the dog chewed up the bone conduction set, you would have no great loss.

I don't always listen to the voices in my head, but when I do I seem to have more fun. I tried the bone conduction headset ones once. I sent them back because I didn't like the way they fit. In ear are nice just don't overdrive them or you will be spending more time saying "what did you say?" 73

fascinating video. The bone conducting headset sounded very flat indeed. Whilst the in-ear set was very similar to the feed coming from your laptop mike. Of the two I'd prefer the in ear set. Really thought provoking.

Defo prefer the audio from the in-ear set. The bone-conduction set sounded very digitized and compressed. Thanks for the tests Steve, currently looking at options for my new FT5D. Might even go with standard wired option.

Anybody know which ones will pair with an IC-705?

The delay might also mess with you if you were trying to send CW while listening to your own sidetone from the radio.

Ear holes 😊 I actually tried some bone conduction ear phones recently and it was awesome and strange all at the same time. But I did not test the microphone for quality

Great video tnx man!

The bone conduction sounded hollow

The same company has an ZIOCOM LK02 with a microphone on an arm tha goes in front of your mouth... that one would be worth testing as well...

The only one that bothered me was your back yard mic, since it made me feel like my right ear was blocked (left channel only in those clips). I like the idea of bone conduction for the microphone, since it would presumably keep background noise out of your transmitted audio. Bluetooth A2DP always has some latency. I have to wonder if latency would make it harder to break a pile up. And I'm generally annoyed when the newscaster turns it over to the remote reporter, who then stands there looking stupid for a second or so before they react, but I'll bet that he Bluetooth latency isn't that bad. A possible advantage of bone conduction earphone functionality is that, since it doesn't cover the ear, it might be more legal to drive that way. The in ear one has better low end, but I'm not sure that's a good thing for Ham radio (good for RU-vid, though). And in ear ambient noise reduction through being in ear on receive might be a plus for a multi station, multi operator room.

They're weird. I like standard cup headphones. The mic sounds boney.😂👍

Try with CW. If you succeed, you will be my hero. The (sub)millisecond delay makes it impossible for me to send CW.

lol. Took me awhile to figure out half the video wasn’t recorded in stereo. Was using my Bluetooth earbuds but only the right one to save battery life…

Does the bone conduction help those with bad hearing?

Are there any Bluetooth PTT buttons asside from the one on the Icom Bluetooth headset? Or is it all VOX?

I use Shokz bone conduction and will never go back. Never could find a set of ear pods that would stay in or annoy my ears.

Bone headset sounds like a tin can, the round neck sounds like a cheaper lav mic but better than the other. 73 de W8MJL

I gotta say I’m not in love with the bone conduction thing#, and the other ones were worse,in my opinion.

How do you connect them wirelessly to you ham radio?

I think using either for listening but no mic. Audio is way worse than laptop mic.

don't think i am getting the bone conduction head set. like the sound from outher one. I just have a single ear piece headset that fits under helmet for 2 ways comms on my scooter. I like having a finger PTT . easy to use when driving . does work VOX but some times I get cut off buy outher drivers and I don't want some things said going out over the air. 73's

Audio, audio, audddeeeooo, odd e o

Hearing your own voice in your own head... Could be worse😆