Mike, I played the sounds on the Heil site url you supplied. I sort of agree
with your Swiss Army knife comment but not in the way I think you intended
it. I agree that different "colorations" (eq's) are needed for different
purposes. This can be approached by selecting from a huge array of
available mikes (your Swiss Army knife approach, I think) with or without
different down stream eq's. My claim is that once you have electronically
captured an accurate representation of the op's voice this representation
can be electronically manipulated to get the result of any existing mike or
mike to come along in the future. This is my use of Swiss Army knife, eq
(and or other electronic manipulation) to get whatever characteristic(s)
desired. The required mike is one that can accurately capture a
representation of the op's voice. Once that is achieved any effect possible
to achieve by means of other microphones can be duplicated with electronic
processing of the accurate signal from the "Hi-Fi" mike.
Thanks again for the URL to the recorded sounds. That audio clip tends to
make my case for me, a good mike, many possible results, a Swiss Army knife
of different results available through processing.
The Heil PR 40 may not be the highest of Hi-Fi mikes but it is sufficient
for my purposes and apparently for a bunch of Flexers. Maybe not perfect,
but good enough.
I hope to catch your melodious tones on the HF bands.
73
Patrick AF5CK
----Original Message-----
From: Michael Walker
Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2013 3:51 PM
To: <flexradio@flex-radio.biz>
Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Microphone Recommendation?
I'm glad you enjoyed it. Personally, it is about getting the message
through.
I just ran CQWW and I know that if I had not used the HC5 element (really
sharp and annoying) there are many stations that would have not copied me.
I also can honestly say that those that were using a DX like shaping, I
had
problems copying.
There is no 1 perfect element (just like a swiss army knife). You need
different 'shapes' for different tasks.
Listen to this about the HC6. Pay attention to how each of his shapes
sound. http://www.heilsound.com/amateur/press/hc6.mp3
I recorded all of my 1600 QSO's from CQWW. I will try to find some great
DX audio and some really bad DX audio. It won't be until next week
though.
When I do, I will share them.
Mike va3mw
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