Joe, Have you been a ham that long?
73 Jim WB8AZP Sent from my iPhone On Jun 7, 2013, at 4:13 PM, "Joe Subich, W4TV" <li...@subich.com> wrote: > > Gary, > > It's possible that the HC-4 has gotten rough over the years - > I had an HC5 element in the Heil ProSet give up after about > 30 years <G>. > > If you want a headset, I'd strongly recommend the Yamaha CM-500 > (< $50 on-line at places like B&H Photovideo, Sam Ash, etc.) it > is not noise cancelling but it beats the Heil hands down for > less than half the price. > > Otherwise, one is left with a hand mic like the MH2 ($59.99) or > Kenwood MC-43S ($59.95) unless one can find a clean used Kenwood > MC50 or MC60 at a reasonable price. Even the Heil HM-12 plus > stand and adapter cable ($59.95 + $64.95 + $33.95 = $158.85 at > www.randl.com) is more expensive than a *new* MC60 ($149.95). > > 73, > > ... Joe, W4TV > > > On 6/7/2013 4:25 PM, Gary Smith wrote: >> I use a K3 and rarely work SSB and I'm 99+% CW. I normally use a set >> of Bose QC15 headsets and have a very old Heil HC-4 Mic element in an >> older HM-5 Ball tip desk mic. >> >> I've been consistently getting poor reports with SSB but listening to >> the K3 monitor I'm not hearing anything unexpected. The HC-4 element >> was geared to contesting and DXing, not for a pretty voice quality. >> Perhaps there's a problem with the mic or the settings but I bought >> the element back around 85 or so and the mic has been dropped over >> the years so maybe I should try another mic & see if that makes a >> difference. Problem is I have no other mic to try except a few old >> Neumann studio mics and the ones for voice take awhile for the tube >> to warm up. A bit of overkill that's not worth exploring. >> >> I just looked on the Elecraft product list & see the MH2 and the Heil >> Proset. The MH2 is surely wired properly for the K3 but I wonder >> about the quality of sound its element generates. It looks like the >> Heil proset would be the ideal if I worked SSB frequently but I >> don't. The MH2 would surely be fine for the occasional use but I've >> never cared for having the thicker coiled wire hand for hand mics >> extending out on the desk from the radio. >> >> If I got something like the heil proset I couldn't use my QC15 and I >> seriously wonder if the Heil comes close to the audio quality in this >> Bose headset, I don't know, I'd have to compare to know. The QC15 is >> the finest headset I've ever used for radio, thanks to the electronic >> noise cancelling feature I can't hear the amp at all and I keep the >> fan at full speed. As a musician the QC15 give a really pleasant >> reproduction and are very comfortable. >> >> Any suggestions on something else I might look into that is less >> pricey than this Heil set & maybe better sounding than the MH2? I >> don't have to have it now and am not in a rush. >> >> 73, >> >> Gary >> KA1J >> >> >> ______________________________________________________________ >> Elecraft mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >> Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net >> >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
