RE: 911:: Wireless Headsets

[Guest guest]

We use the Plantronice wireless in my part-time agency. I've actually been very

happy with it. I don't know what model ours. I read Jim's reply about the hand

trigger. The model we're using has a small box the size of a pager that can

clip to a belt or belt loop. There is a power button and push-to-talk on that

box along with volume buttons. Jim is right that the batteries don't last as

long as I would like but we havn't had any other problems with the sets.

Firefighter Specialist/EMT-ST

Communications Support Group

Charlottesville, VA Fire Dept.

www.cfdonline.org

[Guest guest]

We are using Plantronics.. unk which model and we like them, the batteries dont

last as long as we would like, but we have several back up batteries and that

seems to work for us. Its worth it to not be tied by a cord!!!!

[Guest guest]

We're using the same that others have mentioned.

the cons are:

Battery life - I can get 4.5 - 5 hours (working dayshift solo doing phones

and radio) out of 1 fully charged battery. Longer if you're not so busy.

Some of our batteries, when they die, they die with only 1 beep of warning.

Usually you get a couple of beeps and have enough life to advise your caller

to hold. It's scary when they just die cause then people think y ou've hung up

on them.

The size is nice and compact, but you have to be careful where you place the

battery pack. If you put it on your hip and lean just right on the arm of the

chair, it will power down and you don't even know it. There's an audible

beep when you power it up, but not when you power it down.

The location of the push to talk button is cumbersome. too close to the power

button.

And using the push to talk button leaves a funny sounding " clunk " sound on

the other end. Doesn't happen when using the foot pedal.

Several of the connections can come undone and you're not aware of it until

you go to transmit and realize you're not going out.

But the benefit of being able to talk to someone as you go somewhere else in

the room outweighs all these other problems. We've only had one stuck open

mic with ours.. and it was the swing guy in the bathroom trying to hurry.. you

hear on the tape (which of couse we all had to hear) was " grunt " , " grunt " ,

" grunt " .. " oh G dammit " (muttered when he heard the phone ringing with an

officer calling to say he had an open mic!!) No one has figured out how he got

it stuck open!

kathy

[Guest guest]

in regars to wat ure saying about pd transmisssions being herd over fm radios

i dont think it would be true but i work for the ky transportation cabinet

out of grant county ky and we have portable radios that we use to communicate

with our flag man and i can hear gallatins radio transmissions over it and im 30

mile from them i guess it may be close to the same frenquince that they run

on thanks kydad2003@...