[PSUBS-MAILIST] OTS comms headset.

[David Colombo via Personal_Submersibles]

Bid and bid fast.

On Thu, Nov 19, 2020, 1:00 PM David Colombo <seaquestor at gmail.com> wrote:

> Jon, I might have an extra OTS headset. I had 6 at one point. Wanna trade
> for one of your electronic goodies??
>
> Best Regards,
> David Colombo
>
> 804 College Ave
> Santa Rosa, CA. 95404
> (707) 536-1424
> www.SeaQuestor.com
>
>
>
> On Wed, Nov 18, 2020 at 9:18 PM Jon Wallace via Personal_Submersibles <
> personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:
>
>> Nice score Sean.  That is an excellent price point for that unit second
>> hand.
>>
>> Alan, I, and a few others have discussed a DIY conversion in the past.
>> There's nothing magical about the OTS headset and microphone so should be
>> many possibilities to use off the shelf "gamer" headsets as a replacement.
>> I plan on doing this with the STX-101 since I intend to use it with a
>> headset inside the submarine, however I am not going to pay $460 for the
>> OTS headset.
>>
>> We have talked to OTS in the past and they were not willing to provide
>> PSUBS with a discount.  Likewise, I personally spoke with the owner of
>> DiveLink years ago and he flat out told me, no discounts.
>>
>> Jon
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wednesday, November 18, 2020, 06:56:16 PM EST, irox via
>> Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:
>>
>>
>> Congrats on the price (compared to new anyway)!
>>
>> The $730 price tag for the CDK-6 is a bit tough to swallow.  The
>> transducer extension cable is $270, so
>> that's $460 for the head phones, microphone and headset connector...
>>
>> If we could source (or design) a compatible connector we could
>> potentially save $100s by building out own
>> surface conversion kits.   Since the transducer extension cable comes in
>> a 55' length, it would be used to
>> make many conversion kits.  For the connectors, if they are for using
>> inside the sub, they don't need to be
>> pressure resistant connectors, they just have to work properly, if not
>> thing is available off-the-shelf we could
>> design and 3D print a compatible connector.  But for the end attaching to
>> the transducer we would definitely
>> need something that is pressure resistant.  Might not be feasible, but
>> given I'll likely have to buy two CDK-6
>> sets it seems worth exploring.
>>
>> Has anybody talked to OTS about psubs?  Might they be interested in
>> helping us?
>>
>> Cheers!
>>   Ian.
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: "Sean T. Stevenson via Personal_Submersibles"
>> Sent: Nov 18, 2020 12:24 PM
>> To: personal_submersibles at psubs.org
>> Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] OTS comms
>>
>> It was me. Having a second unit will allow me to test them against each
>> other now to see if I inadvertently bought a dud.
>>
>> That said, now I need to decide whether I want to buy a CDK-6 conversion
>> kit to gain wireless 1:1 surface to diver capability, or upgrade my second
>> FFM with comms for wireless 1:1 diver to diver capability. I already have
>> hardwire surface to diver comms, so I'm leaning towards the latter.
>>
>> This is getting to be an expensive experiment.
>>
>> Sean
>>
>> -------- Original Message --------
>> On Nov. 18, 2020, 11:41, irox via Personal_Submersibles <
>> personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> Did somebody on psubs get it?
>>
>> It ended up selling for $485.00, which seems like a great deal compared
>> to the other offerings.
>>
>> Ian.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: David Colombo via Personal_Submersibles
>> Sent: Nov 12, 2020 4:56 PM
>> To: Personal Submersibles General Discussion
>> Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] OTS comms
>>
>> Hi Sean,
>> I might next week. I will let you know if I do. I will ultimately need
>> one for the SeaQuestor, since I borrowed it for the yellow sub.
>>
>> Best Regards,
>> David Colombo
>>
>> 804 College Ave
>> Santa Rosa, CA. 95404
>> (707) 536-1424
>> www.SeaQuestor.com
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Nov 12, 2020 at 6:14 AM Sean T. Stevenson via
>> Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:
>>
>> David, are you bidding? Otherwise I will, again maxing out at about 1/2
>> of MSRP.
>>
>> Sean
>>
>> -------- Original Message --------
>> On Nov. 12, 2020, 06:51, Jon Wallace via Personal_Submersibles <
>> personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:
>>
>>
>> For anyone looking and wanting to coordinate with others, I just got
>> notification of this unit on Ebay.
>>
>>
>> Ocean Technology Systems Aquacom SSB-2010 | eBay
>> <https://www.ebay.com/itm/254775397392?ul_noapp=true>
>>
>> $1.00
>> Ocean Technology Systems Aquacom SSB-2010 | eBay
>>
>> Up for grabs is a really clean SSB-2010 transceiver. Not the smaller,
>> less powerful buddy phone.
>> <https://www.ebay.com/itm/254775397392?ul_noapp=true>
>>
>>
>>
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