I like 1/4 inch plugs too, but most rigs nowadays have 3.5mm jacks!
You can use an adapter, but that forfeits the purpose.
Bert VE3NR
On 5/9/2020 5:40 PM, Dick Dievendorff wrote:
This isn’t an endorsement from my company, but I’ve been real happy with my
Inrad W1. It has a real 1/4 inch phone
This isn’t an endorsement from my company, but I’ve been real happy with my
Inrad W1. It has a real 1/4 inch phone plug, robust and coiled cord longer than
normal, it’s quite comfortable. I have not used the microphone much, but it’s
been fine. Foam covered mike, easy to move out of the way.
R
I purchased a Heil Prpset about the same time 2010+/- and they were
leaving "black bits" around too. Yes, the Heil is more expensive. I
was able to purchase new foam from the DC Store. I searched HRO and
they had stock, if you knew the part number. I now have a new
Headset... I DO like the
I normally use a CM500.
OK, the RS60CF is a Radio Sport head set. :-)
I used one of their headsets during our club's CQP county
expedition. I liked the isolation from ambient room noise. Yes,
it squeezes your head, but I could wear it for several hours at
a time without feeling I was getting
A couple years ago I bought the CM500 based on al the nice comments
by others on this list. They failed me terribly; set up howling like
a banshee minute I put them on (over my hearing aids) and not even
connected to the radio. My hearing so poor that the amount of gain
in my hearing aids fed
ody out there must make velour pads for
> the CM500's.
>
> 73, Charlie k3ICH
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On 5/6/2020 4:52 PM, Joe Subich, W4TV wrote:
A heavy, bulky, "head squeezer" for more than five times as much
as the CM500 ...
Yes. I tried them on when they first came out and found them to be an
instrument of torture. Years later, after hearing guys rave about how
comfy the were, I tried th
On 5/6/2020 3:08 PM, Fred Jensen wrote:
I guess all microphones tend to accentuate the bass as you get closer
and closer, exactly the opposite of what you want for communications.
Electrets seem to be fairly immune to this, the old classic RCA 44-BX
was notorious for the effect.
That's a char
I have used the CM500 for many years. I have replaced the ear muffs with
Koss's version. However, like Grant, I bought a RS60CF and have not looked
back. Unlike Joe, I find them very comfortable, even after many hours in a
contest. They cut out extraneous noise very well. The K3 TX equalizer
p
On 2020-05-06 1:16 PM, Grant Youngman wrote:
> Replaced them eventually with an RS60CF, and never looked back.
A heavy, bulky, "head squeezer" for more than five times as much
as the CM500 ...
73,
... Joe, W4TV
On 2020-05-06 1:16 PM, Grant Youngman wrote:
I bought a pair of CM500’s when
History is more than a little ambiguous. Wikipedia ascribes the "first
high-powered" Talk Box to Bob Heil [K9EID] for Joe Walsh, [WB6ACU] which
was a 250 watt amp + hi-pass filter. However, Walsh credits an EE and
steel guitarist [Bill West] with inventing it.
Peter Townshend claims to have i
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> On Behalf Of Wes
> Sent: Tuesday, May 5, 2020 9:45 PM
> To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] CM500 headset on K3S and KX3?
>
> The failures I have are the ear pads disintegrate. Someone said Koss pads
> could work but that hasn't been my experience
The talk box predates the Heil version that Frampton used.
Sent from my mobile device
> On May 6, 2020, at 11:51 AM, j...@kk9a.com wrote:
>
> Interesting that Heil is not represented commercially. I believe that Bob
> Heil invented the talk box that Peter Frampton made famous. I use a Sony
>
Over the years I have worn out 2 of the SB-40s and always had good audio
reports. You can sound terrible on any mike if they aren't used correctly.
On Wed, May 6, 2020, 13:51 wrote:
> Interesting that Heil is not represented commercially. I believe that
> Bob Heil invented the talk box that Pete
Interesting that Heil is not represented commercially. I believe that
Bob Heil invented the talk box that Peter Frampton made famous. I use
a Sony MDR-7506 for RTTY and CW but I do use a Heil ProSet IC for SSB.
John KK9A
Jim Brown K9YC wrote:
Heil products are an example of better sound thr
Probably like Baufong radios, rip-offs of someone else's product. No,
I've never heard of it. A story.
A colleague in pro audio, excellent engineer, designer of sound systems
in the US Senate, House, and White House, wanted to do a good deed for
rock and roll churches who used a lot of mics. H
> On May 6, 2020, at 10:54 AM, Jim Brown wrote:
>
>> Do not get the Koss SB40. That is the same headset as the Yamaha CM500, but
>> with an inferior dynamic mic.
>
> There is nothing inherently inferior about dynamic mics, especially for
> speech -- the vast majority of mics used in sound rei
On 5/6/2020 9:53 AM, Walter Underwood wrote:
Comments on my blog post suggested the Koss SB45 as another alternative. This
also has an electret mic, but somewhat different fit over the ears, and it is
cheaper.
https://www.amazon.com/Koss-sb45-SB-45-Communication-Stereophones/dp/B00081A2CW
K6
I bought a pair of CM500’s when they became all the rage a few years ago.
Never liked them. The mic sounds ok, but they’re just too loosely-goosey a fit
and I find them fiddly and not very stable on the head. I used them for a
while and tossed them into the pile of too much stuff I bought and
M
> To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] CM500 headset on K3S and KX3?
>
> The failures I have are the ear pads disintegrate. Someone said Koss pads
> could work but that hasn't been my experience. I've found some '500s at
> estate sales wher
craft-boun...@mailman.qth.net On
Behalf Of Wes
Sent: Tuesday, May 5, 2020 9:45 PM
To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] CM500 headset on K3S and KX3?
The failures I have are the ear pads disintegrate. Someone said Koss pads
could work but that hasn't been my experience.
05, 2020 10:19 PM
To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] CM500 headset on K3S and KX3?
Heil products are an example of better sound through marketing. They're
more expensive because they spend a lot of money on advertising to
convince hams they're worth it. They also cla
The 2.5 mm is about 0.100 in. A 3/32 is .093 or 0.007 in smaller.
Sent from my iPhone
...nr4c. bill
> On May 5, 2020, at 11:16 PM, Grant Youngman wrote:
>
> Checked the manual. It’s on the TIP connection of ACC2. Set ACC2 IO in the
> menu to LO=PTT.
>
> Grant NQ5T
>
>> On May 5, 2020, a
Frank,
Although the K3S rear jack is marked mono, it is actually a stereo jack,
but the ring connects to nothing - so no harm.
On the KX3, look in the manual for the MIC jack connections. It should
tell you why you need to be aware of the situation that the CM500 plug
can present.
Walt Und
Frank;
The rear-panel mic input on the K3 and K3S is actually a stereo jack. The ring
connector is not connected. Plug the CM-500’s mic plug in (as I do), and it
will work just fine!
Remember to enable bias on the rear panel Mic as W3FPR noted.
The CM-500 is an excellent headset for use with th
On 5/5/2020 7:43 PM, Frank O'Donnell wrote:
On other points, if I were going all-in on becoming a regular phone
operator I might look at other headsets such as the Heils. But what I'm
looking at is being a bit player on a couple of nets very occasionally
at most, so the CM500 seemed like a dece
Checked the manual. It’s on the TIP connection of ACC2. Set ACC2 IO in the
menu to LO=PTT.
Grant NQ5T
> On May 5, 2020, at 11:06 PM, Grant Youngman wrote:
>
> The ACC2 connector is a 2.5mm TRS connector, not 1/8” (3.5mm). PTT is
> either on the tip or ring, I don’t recall which off hand —
I adapters needed.
CM500 plugs right into the rear Mic and Phone jack on K3(s).
Also the KX3, just turn OFF Bias and Buttons.
PTT is available on rear PTT RCA jack on K3(s) and Tip and Shield on KX3
Accessary jack ( a 3/32 TRS Jack next to the I/Q Jack). Use switch of your
choice; an o
The ACC2 connector is a 2.5mm TRS connector, not 1/8” (3.5mm). PTT is either
on the tip or ring, I don’t recall which off hand — check the manual.
Grant NQ5T
>
> -- On the KX3, plug the headset's mike and phone plugs into the respective
> jacks, and use a momentary-contact switch on a mono-s
Thanks for the clear instructions from Don, and the helpful suggestions
from everyone else. Piecing it all together, will this basically work?:
-- On the K3S, plug the CM500's mike and phone plugs into the respective
jacks on the rig's rear panel. Wire a momentary-contact switch to an RCA
plug
The failures I have are the ear pads disintegrate. Someone said Koss pads could
work but that hasn't been my experience. I've found some '500s at estate sales
where I snap them up. Currently the law firm where my fiance is employed is
working from home and she's using a set on her computer to
I bought this because my soldering skills are not what they once were.
(Used to do MIL-spec, now I’m lucky to hit the joint with the iron. ).
https://shop.technofix.uk/hand-ptt-switch-for-elecraft-kx3-2-5mm-jack
Plugs into the ACC2 jack directly. Instructions are on the page. Works
FB. It and
On 5/5/2020 4:44 PM, Paul Gacek via Elecraft wrote:
For what its worth and everyones milage will vary, I had a brand new CM500 that
I used for a week of hard operating while on a pretty island and the boom came
loose after a couple of days.
Your experience is unusual. In about 11 years, the o
Frank,
For the K3S, just plug the microphone and headphone plugs into the rear
panel jacks. Set the MIC SEL to RP and turn bias on.
For the KX3. the easy way is to just turn MIC BTN off and plug it in.
That microphone needs bias, and it will be supplied by the digital DC
that normally is us
Frank
For what its worth and everyones milage will vary, I had a brand new CM500 that
I used for a week of hard operating while on a pretty island and the boom came
loose after a couple of days. Since then I have reliably used the Elecraft sold
Heil Proset at home and other pretty islands. Iron
For the KX3, an off-the-shelf stereo-to-mono splitter will separate the mic and
PTT lines. It also separates the mic bias (clean) from the logic signal (not so
clean). Details here:
https://observer.wunderwood.org/2015/08/16/yamaha-cm500-headset-with-ptt-on-elecraft-kx3/
For transmit audio setu
Phone newbie here. Any recommendations on off-the-shelf cables or
adapters, and a handheld switch, to enable use of a Yamaha CM500 headset
along with PTT functionality on both a K3S and KX3?
Thanks much,
Frank K6FOD
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