Re: [Elecraft] what microphones work best with K3?
The Sennheiser Headset PC-151 with the K3 is a outstanding combination. It is cheap and sounds great. Even for those who transmit on AM, it produces a "studio quality" sound. 73 Michael -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/what-microphones-work-best-with-K3-tp7154516p7168869.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] what microphones work best with K3?
On 1/6/2012 4:35 AM, evetsmd wrote: > I know every voice is different but can any of u share the equalization > settings you have set for the CM500. I'd like to at least get a starting > point. For most competitive audio for DXing and contesting -- Lowest two bands max cut, third band cut 6dB, then have someone listen with their IF set wide. The objective is to hear no low end in your voice, which wastes power and provides no speech intelligibility. Use additional cut in that third band if he does hear low end. 73 Jim K9YC __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] what microphones work best with K3?
I can verify that despite his "voice made for CW" that N0NB sounds good on 1.947 most every night. I got the MH2 with my K3 and always got excellent reports with it. I now use a Radio Shack dynamic studio mic I bought for $15 NIB on Ebay and get good reports with it too. With the range the K3 equalizer has pretty much any mic that will interface with the rig should sound good with the correct equalization. -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/what-microphones-work-best-with-K3-tp7154516p7159130.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] what microphones work best with K3?
Just wanted to report that what I received yesterday as my "great" deal from a company in northern PA was not the CM500 as advertised on amazon but HPE100M. I am thoroughly pissed and they were advertised as new and were in a crumbled box. Caveat emptor should have been alerted when the price was so low. Keith AG6AZ Sent from my iPhone please excuse typos On Jan 6, 2012, at 4:36 AM, "evetsmd" wrote: > I also have the CM500 but my main desk mic is an Icom SM-8. I use no > equalization with the SM-8 and reports I get are don't touch a thing it > sounds great. > When I switch to the CM500 (no equalization), they always tell the SM-8 > sounds much better. > > So 2 questions: > > 1) I know every voice is different but can any of u share the equalization > settings you have set for the CM500. I'd like to at least get a starting > point. > > 2) If I continue to use the SM-8, am I going to have to reset the > equalization to flat after ever time I've used the CM500? > > Seems cumbersome to have to switch back and forth between headset and desk > mic > > Thanks for the advice and help! > > Steve > > -- > View this message in context: > http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/what-microphones-work-best-with-K3-tp7154516p7158269.html > Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > __ > 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
Re: [Elecraft] what microphones work best with K3?
I also have the CM500 but my main desk mic is an Icom SM-8. I use no equalization with the SM-8 and reports I get are don't touch a thing it sounds great. When I switch to the CM500 (no equalization), they always tell the SM-8 sounds much better. So 2 questions: 1) I know every voice is different but can any of u share the equalization settings you have set for the CM500. I'd like to at least get a starting point. 2) If I continue to use the SM-8, am I going to have to reset the equalization to flat after ever time I've used the CM500? Seems cumbersome to have to switch back and forth between headset and desk mic Thanks for the advice and help! Steve -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/what-microphones-work-best-with-K3-tp7154516p7158269.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] what microphones work best with K3?
G'day Larry, I use both the Elecraft MH2 hand microphone & the Yamaha CM500 with my K3. The CM500 is used here primarily for contesting and for general rag chewing I use the Elecraft MH2. Not because one is more suited than the other for each purpose, it is purely down to personal pereference. I also like the idea that I can have both microphones plugged in at the same time and just switch between them with a quick change of one menu item. 73 de Jeff Cochrane - VK4BOF East Innisfail QLD, Australia K3 #4257, P3 #1629, KPA-500 #161 - Original Message - From: "Larry Royster" To: Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2012 11:56 PM Subject: [Elecraft] what microphones work best with K3? > We plan to buy a K3. What microphone available in a headset is best with > the radio? K4MWE > __ > 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
Re: [Elecraft] what microphones work best with K3?
I use the Yaesu MD-100ax8 since I already owned it. I did make up a special cable to go between the mic base and the K3 as I did not want to chop up the stock cable. I wired in the Up/Down switch and it worked once the Config menu was set correctly. I get good audio reports considering that I have a face for radio and a voice for CW. ;-) 73, de Nate N0NB >> -- "The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears this is true." Ham radio, Linux, bikes, and more: http://www.n0nb.us __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] what microphones work best with K3?
On 1/5/2012 7:00 AM, Phil LaMarche wrote: > I use a professional mike from Electro Voice. RE27. Every report is > outstanding, without asking. That's a great mic. I own several that I've used for recording music professionally, and I've even used one briefly in my ham station. But from a cost point of view, it is EXTREME overkill in the ham station, and sounds no better than low cost mics like the CM500. I've used pro mics in my ham station only because I had them and I didn't have another good ham mic. Pro mics need extensive equalization to sound good with ham gear (no low end, a rising high end with lots of boost around 3kHz), and the K3 has that capability built in. As others have noted, virtually any decent mic will work fine with a K3. The only important exception are PRO electret mics (balanced Lo-Z, with XL-connectors) -- there's no simple way to power them from an unbalanced audio input. Pro dynamic mics work fine -- all you need are the connector adapters and that EQ. 73 __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] what microphones work best with K3?
Larry, Many microphones will do fine: a simple and cheap computermic as well as the the super heill elements. Take your pick. 73, Arie PA3A Op 5-1-2012 14:56, Larry Royster schreef: > We plan to buy a K3. What microphone available in a headset is best with the > radio? K4MWE > __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] what microphones work best with K3?
I use a professional mike from Electro Voice. RE27. Every report is outstanding, without asking. Phil Philip LaMarche 727-944-3226 727-510-5038 Cell www.w9dvm.com K3 # 1605 KPA500 # 029 P3 #1480 CCA 98-00827 CRA 1701 W9DVM -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Keith Heimbold Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2012 9:53 AM To: d...@w3fpr.com Cc: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] what microphones work best with K3? I use the heil proset with the hc4 element and it works great. Because of all the recommendations for the CM500 I just purchased one off amazon for $35. I wanted to see what I was missing. Keith AG6AZ __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] what microphones work best with K3?
I use the heil proset with the hc4 element and it works great. Because of all the recommendations for the CM500 I just purchased one off amazon for $35. I wanted to see what I was missing. Keith AG6AZ __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] what microphones work best with K3?
Tony, Certainly - you turn on bias in the menu and there is no need for the battery box. 73, Don W3FPR On 1/5/2012 9:21 AM, Tony Estep wrote: > On Thu, Jan 5, 2012 at 8:06 AM, Don Wilhelm wrote: >> Many are quite pleased with the Yamaha CM500 headset. It will plug >> directly into the rear mic and headphones jacks. > == > Don, can you turn on the K3's bias, and plug the CM500 directly into > the mic jack without using the little battery-bias box that comes with > it? > > Tony KT0NY > > > __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] what microphones work best with K3?
Yes Dick On Jan 5, 2012, at 6:21, Tony Estep wrote: > On Thu, Jan 5, 2012 at 8:06 AM, Don Wilhelm wrote: >> Many are quite pleased with the Yamaha CM500 headset. It will plug >> directly into the rear mic and headphones jacks. > == > Don, can you turn on the K3's bias, and plug the CM500 directly into > the mic jack without using the little battery-bias box that comes with > it? > > Tony KT0NY > > > > -- > http://www.isb.edu/faculty/facultydir.aspx?ddlFaculty=352 > __ > 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
Re: [Elecraft] what microphones work best with K3?
On Thu, Jan 5, 2012 at 8:06 AM, Don Wilhelm wrote: > Many are quite pleased with the Yamaha CM500 headset. It will plug > directly into the rear mic and headphones jacks. == Don, can you turn on the K3's bias, and plug the CM500 directly into the mic jack without using the little battery-bias box that comes with it? Tony KT0NY -- http://www.isb.edu/faculty/facultydir.aspx?ddlFaculty=352 __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] what microphones work best with K3?
There isn't a "best". Because of the K3's ability to tailor both xmit and recv audio,the K3 can be successfully paired with almost any mic/cans. Many K3 owners, myself included use a Yamaha CM500. 73, Mike NF4L On 1/5/2012 8:56 AM, Larry Royster wrote: > We plan to buy a K3. What microphone available in a headset is best with the > radio? K4MWE > __ > 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] what microphones work best with K3?
I am using Yamaha CM500 which is good and value for money. TNX & 73, Johnny VR2XMC 從︰ Larry Royster 收件人︰ elecraft@mailman.qth.net 傳送日期︰ 2012年01月5日 (週四) 9:56 PM 主題︰ [Elecraft] what microphones work best with K3? We plan to buy a K3. What microphone available in a headset is best with the radio? K4MWE __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] what microphones work best with K3?
Many are quite pleased with the Yamaha CM500 headset. It will plug directly into the rear mic and headphones jacks. 73, Don W3FPR On 1/5/2012 8:56 AM, Larry Royster wrote: > We plan to buy a K3. What microphone available in a headset is best with the > radio? K4MWE > __ > 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] what microphones work best with K3?
We plan to buy a K3. What microphone available in a headset is best with the radio? K4MWE __ 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
