I looked up the mic on Amazon, and it is a $20 studio look-alike. I’m sure it has a twenty-five cent electret element under all that stuff, but cheap electret mics are very good.
So it probably is a decent mic and it isn’t too expensive. If you like the look of it and can power it, why not? The detailed info on Amazon says it works with 5 V bias. One reviewer says the response rolls off under 150 Hz, which would be good for communications use. https://www.amazon.com/Neewer-Professional-Broadcasting-Recording-Microphone/dp/B00XBQ8UGG/ wunder K6WRU Walter Underwood CM87wj http://observer.wunderwood.org/ (my blog) > On Jul 6, 2018, at 5:16 AM, Bob McGraw K4TAX <rmcg...@blomand.net> wrote: > > Operator mike technique is very important with regard to good to great audio. > > I've found that my $20 Behringer 8500 sounds as good as my $100 Shure SM 58. > Likewise my $200 Heil PR 781 needs for one to pay special attention to > mike-to-mouth distance in order to control proximity effect. > > Price and type do not assure one of "great audio". OTOH - I find most hand > mikes supplied with radios sound "plastic" with various resonances and > rattles and squeaks, noticeable on the air. > > Bob, K4TAX > > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Jul 6, 2018, at 6:48 AM, Charlie T <pin...@erols.com> wrote: > >>> This mic is intended for studio and recording work. It is a very poor >>> choice for ham radio. >>> >>> 73, Jim K9YC >> >> >> I feel Jim's choice of the term "poor" is correct, but in a monetary sense. >> >> Yes, you may be able to get the mike to communications quality with racks of >> audio processing equipment etc., >> but you will probably spend more for all that when you add the cost of the >> mike, than radio costs by itself. >> >> Seem a tad wasteful to me when the radio already has a good EQ and a mike >> costing a fraction of the fancy "studio" mike will sound the same on the >> other end of the QSO. >> >> I don't under the fascination (or logic?) of using a wide response and >> expensive microphone just to narrow it down to 300 to 2800 Hz, unless you're >> H3LL bent on putting out a 10 kHz wide VOA grade signal that is frankly, >> illegal anyway. >> >> Yeah, yeah I know, you're voice is "different" and you need all that stuff >> to make it sound "right". >> If that's what you want, then by all means go for it. >> It's the same logic as using your (insert $200k car) to make daily commuter >> runs mostly stuck in traffic. >> >> 73, Charlie k3ICH >> >> >> >> ______________________________________________________________ >> 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 >> Message delivered to rmcg...@blomand.net >> > > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > Message delivered to wun...@wunderwood.org ______________________________________________________________ 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 Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
