<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:monospace,monospace">Hello,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:monospace,monospace"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:monospace,monospace">If this is too off topic, scold me and I'll never do it again.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:monospace,monospace"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:monospace,monospace">I have a UV-5R. I love this $25 radio for what it is, except.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:monospace,monospace"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:monospace,monospace">I want to use headphones. However I cannot stand to have audio in just one ear. Plus I drive noisy lawn gear and tractors. I use ear buds with gun muffs over the ear. Microphone will come later when I get my technician test passed.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:monospace,monospace"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:monospace,monospace">The head phone output is 2.5mm TRS (this alone bugs the crap out of me.) In addition, the tip only carries audio and the ring is TX data. When the radio is scanning there is a low frequency thump in time with the scan that comes out the data port ring.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:monospace,monospace"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:monospace,monospace">If I plug a 2.5mm TS the data port ring will short to the sleeve. I'm not sure this is good idea. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:monospace,monospace"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:monospace,monospace">So, I think my only option is to buy a 2.5mm TRS and make a mono cord that only uses the tip. I can then split it to a stereo TRS 3.5mm female to plug my earbuds into.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:monospace,monospace"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:monospace,monospace">Any other ideas would be appreciated.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:monospace,monospace"><br></div><div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="font-family:'courier new',monospace">Dennis M. Wage</span><br></div><font face="courier new, monospace"><div><font face="courier new, monospace"><br></font></div>245 Corum Hill Road<br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"></font><div><font face="courier new, monospace">Castalian Springs, TN 37031<br></font><div><a value="+16153104242" style="font-family:'courier new',monospace;color:rgb(17,85,204)">(615) 310-4242</a><span style="font-family:'courier new',monospace"> Cell</span><br></div><div><font face="courier new, monospace"><a value="+16153529159" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">(615) 562-5128</a><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"> Home</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><a href="http://hammondb3organ.net/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" target="_blank">http://hammondb3organ.net</a><br></font></div><div><a href="http://overdubs.net" style="font-family:"courier new",monospace;color:rgb(17,85,204);font-size:13px" target="_blank">http://overdubs.net</a><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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