Five years ago I purchased a ATR-30 from JR for $22.00 it came with a
16ft XLR 3 pin cable when I A/B tested against my Gold Line Heil the
only difference was the price my advice is use the EQ save you money do
not purchase the Heil.
http://www.eham.net/reviews/detail/1540
Regards
Art
ka9zap
Yes this hobby is a bit harder to explain to people than some, they have a
hard time understanding the satisfaction that comes from it. My son is one
of those that thinks it's crazy to sit at the radio waiting for days or even
a couple of weeks to try and work a DXpedition. Or trying to fix an old
Rick if you keep them charged they will never give problems either I have
Lithium in several devices of mine.
73'
Fred/N0AZZ
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[mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Rick Dettinger
Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 2013
Mark
I use a Heil PR-781 boom mic that was designed for the high end amateur
transceivers or so Bob Heil told me when I started to buy a PR-40. I thought
quite a bit of him after that because the PR-40 was double the cost of the
781, but I have always received excellent reports with it. I used it
One thing I did want to add to that post is I have mic's that have cost from
$35-550 including the Yaesu MD-200 the $400 desk mic and a couple of
professional recording ones. The PR-781 did the very best for me for several
reasons, I used it only on radios that had a full EQ for the transmit so it
The same could be said be said about buying a loaded K3/P3 SVGA for $5500+
instead of an IC-718 for $700 both radios?
Myself I prefer a better quality of radio, mic and microHAM equipment over
Signalink. I hate to have a weak link in an otherwise good station and then
quality comes into the
Never a truer statement made Fred.
Gary - vk1zz
Sent from my Galaxy SIII
On 14/03/2013 8:52 PM, Fred Smith m...@mo-net.com wrote:
The same could be said be said about buying a loaded K3/P3 SVGA for $5500+
instead of an IC-718 for $700 both radios?
Myself I prefer a better quality of radio,
I've mentioned this before, but several seemingly inexplicable problems I
have had with my K3 have been solved by simply doing a Parameter
Initialization (see manual.) Just be sure to save your configuration
first. May not help, but doesn't take long so always worth a try. One
caveat, that Don
On 3/14/2013 6:52 AM, Fred Smith wrote:
The same could be said be said about buying a loaded K3/P3 SVGA for
$5500+ instead of an IC-718 for $700 both radios?
This is a case of apples vs. oranges. There is less difference among
microphones designed for voice work than there is among high end
Joe you left out one important thing Quality I hate junk no matter what it
is. I learned that years ago I was too poor to buy cheap it cost too much in
the long run that applied to my businesses as well as personal purchases.
Each to his own.
Fred/N0AZZ
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From:
Apparently the ATR-30 has been discontinued. The ATR-1300
seems to be the replacement even though the ATR-30 was labeled
professional and the ATR-1300 consumer. The ATR-1300 is
$18.99 at BH Photo (www.bhphotovideo.com).
One note about any prosumer mic - you will need to use an external
means
Given my experience with the Heil Pro-set with HC-4/HC-5 element vs.
the Yamaha CM-500, I'm not going to put Heil in the quality or
support camps.
If you want to compare Heil to a $5.00 tape recorder mic, you may
have a quality argument. However, there are enough solid, well made
professional
The DX Store sells the PR781 Heil microphone for $139. Plan to add that to my
portfolio of microphones which include a Yamaha headset, two Heil headsets and
a mini portable Heil microphone. I have been using the Yamaha and Heil portable
microphone lately. Get good audio reports from both. Saw
Hi all,
I would like to comments about Jan K1ND and Mike W5FTD messages.
1) Looking/waiting for a K4 SDR new project by Elecraft. Wayne, N6KR, has
given the official reply No K4 but possible K3 improvements.
2) Why not a K2A SDR true kit ?
1) The K3 is already an SDR radio, having the DSP
Joe, you are overlooking one thing.
trying to
duplicate the complex overtone structure of classical strings using a
microphone designed for the job is essential.
There is nothing more complex in overtones than the Human Voice. Period.
I wonder why Electrovoice mic, both the EV 20 and the
Of course that matters for broadcast AM or FM, but ...
When you cut off the frequencies at 3 KHz, you cut off almost all those
overtones. If SSB is even a tiny bit mis-tuned, all the overtones are also out
of tune.
Cheap electret mics are quite good. Once you pay enough for decent build
You, my friend, are the hypster's legal prey. There are many areas in
life where price and quality are practically unrelated, and those who
look for quality based primarily on price are either ignorant or too
lazy to do the research. Even the plastic vs metal criteria doesn't
hold up in
I would really like to have dual receive capability while I'm using my K2 split
for DX. What do you think is the most practical way to approach that without
buying another radio and installing another antenna?
I have an old Kenwood TS-430 available that I was thinking of using for an
Let's end this thread now in the interest of keeping list volume under
control.
73,
Eric
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You know I have to say it's amazing the type of feedback I haven't from
the Ham Radio Community on this post. I really feel energized with all the
great feedback.
Thank you all for the great emails!!
De N1IC
On 3/14/13 5:09 AM, Fred Smith m...@mo-net.com wrote:
Yes this hobby is a bit harder
GA Everyone
I hope this has not been answered before, but I could not
find my answer in the archives, so here goes.
Can anyone tell me how much bias the microphone is able to
tolerate? Since the battery pack supplies 3v
dc, I am sure that 4-5 volts probable won't hurt. But how
about
I used the CM-500 extensively with a 756 which provides 8V bias (IIRC).
Worked great.
73,
Josh W6XU
On 3/14/2013 11:45 AM, Dr Ira J Saber wrote:
GA Everyone
I hope this has not been answered before, but I could not find my
answer in the archives, so here goes.
Can anyone tell me how much
You buy your junk and I'll buy mine. You're a funny guy 8)
Fred/N0AZZ
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From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net
[mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of David Gilbert
Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2013 12:31 PM
To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re:
I use my headset with my K2, but would like to try it with another
rig that supplies 10v. To get my other rig voltage down to the 3-4v
region require about 12 meg ohms in series with the 10volts
supplied.
An electret does not draw current in the classic sense. 5.6K seems
to be a good value
I was recently given an MC-60 mic and I read that the MC-60 was perfectly
compatible with the K2, but I plugged it in and it doesn't work, so what should
I check for?
73
Steve
W1SFR
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I suggest you test e-mail into your Sales department. I have had previous
emails to them about other things go un-answered also. (I wonder if other
customers on this reflector experience this as well?)
I have checked my 'junk email, phishing, and spam' files; all empty.
Rich, n0ce
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Ira:
Your comments concern me a bit. It is important to remember the electrolet
microphone requires a bias voltage but does not consume any electrical
power; i.e. you are not powering the microphone. Rather the microphone is
modulating the bias voltage. However there may be a current flow within
A standard aviation microphone approved to TSO C58 is supposed to meet
DO-214 Audio Systems Characteristics And Minimum Operational Performance
Standards For Aircraft Audio Systems And Equipment although not all do.
Unless you belong to the RTCA, it will cost money to see that document. The
Was it an MC-60 or an MC-60A? The MC-60 is a straight dynamic
mic while the MC-60A included a preamplifier circuit in the base.
1) make sure your K2 is not set up with bias (no 5.6K resistor
on the P1).
2) make sure the preamplifier is *bypassed* (switch OUT) in the
base of the MC-60A.
Same here. I thought it was me:-)
Gary
Vk1ZZ
K3, KX3, KPA500, KAT500,P3.
On 15/03/2013 6:14 AM, Richard Fjeld rpfj...@embarqmail.com wrote:
I suggest you test e-mail into your Sales department. I have had previous
emails to them about other things go un-answered also. (I wonder if other
I emailed SUPPORT... got a response in an hour or so, and had the cable two
or three days later... fixed it for me.
I thought of emailing SALES, but hoped it would not be something I had to
purchase... thus SUPPORT.
Very 73 de Dave - K9FN
On Thu, Mar 14, 2013 at 4:46 PM, Gary Gregory
I love my K3/P3/SVGA and my KX3 as well. I do want to mention that the new
Flex 6000 series uses a 16-bit A/D, with over 245Ms/s sample clock, much
better than 100Ms/s. Processing gain is real, and should help the 16-bit
range somewhat, but 16-bits is not really 16-bits in the real world.
Thanks for snappy reply to KAT2 troubles.
Started on your presumption that connection to dummy load was unstable or non
exsisting. It wasn't.
Was about to take ATU apart for a rewinding of T1 but --
quickly decided to check the K2 in its original condition.
Disconnected J7 and J8 + removed ATU
Active Noise Cancelling headsets have other power options, maybe
running off 28V. I am not aware of 48V systems in Commercial
aviation, but I don't know everything that is out there. Carbon mics
were different but not common any more.
Maybe it was 28 instead of 48 volts ... it has been a
I can't wait to see the Sherwood report on the 6000 series.
Yes, it will be interesting. I hope Rob can do some notched noise
power testing to see just how well the performance holds up with
real world receive power levels when the receiver is operated in
its multi-band mode (separate,
If it ran on Linux i would be confident but running in a Windows
environment is a concern for me.
The annual licence fee is also a concern for me.
I guess we wait and see.
Gary
Vk1ZZ
K3, KX3, KPA500, KAT500,P3.
On 15/03/2013 7:24 AM, Joe Subich, W4TV li...@subich.com wrote:
I can't wait to
The correct email address to use for fastest customer service on
technical issues like the one below is k3supp...@elecraft.com . We have
a whole team watching that address.For spare or missing parts
requests, use pa...@elecraft.com
If you email sa...@elecraft.com, or any of our support
This weekend the JMFD will be running in VK.
I expect many portable and base stations will be running on HF. (10, 15,
20, 40, 80 and 160)
It would be nice if we could work some kon this list so how about listening
out for us...VK1ZZ / VK4XA an all Elecraft operation.
73
Gary
Vk1ZZ
K3, KX3,
I suspected that was the case. I'm a little out of being current, but S/N on
some of the devices I remember were not that great as compared to the better
sound cards. 16 bits, ideally should allow 96 db dynamic range. However, you
are correct, you don't get the full 16 bits. The oversampling
Hans,
You will have to remove the connector from P6 - the K2 still thinks the
KAT2 is connected.
If you installed all 10 pins as instructed, it will be tight. Try
prying it up bit by bit with a small screwdriver.
The 320 ohms on the collectors of Q7 and Q8 indicate that the PA
transistors
Gentlemen:
I think you muddy the waters when you refer to preamps and electrolet
headsets such as the CM500 in the same context. There is no appreciable
current flow in the CM-500. That's why you can run the bias for years with a
pair of AAA batteries. Let's take discussions of preamps with 10 ma
I emailed them last week about a P3 cable (Support) received an answer
quickly and had the cable 3 days later. They have always been very
responsive to emails but have to admit that I always call about anything
sales related IMHO phone is best you can ask more questions.
73,
Fred/N0AZZ
Glad to hear it Wayne
I cant say that there is much more I want in a radio that the K3 or the
K line can't offer now. Mind you if there are some cool toys coming
for the K3... well new toys are always fun!
David Moes
dm...@nexicom.net
VE3DVY
On 3/13/2013 9:49 AM, Wayne Burdick wrote:
On 3/14/2013 6:21 PM, Fred Smith wrote:
I emailed them last week about a P3 cable (Support) received an answer
quickly and had the cable 3 days later. They have always been very
responsive to emails but have to admit that I always call about anything
sales related IMHO phone is best you can ask
As Eric pointed out, email to support will normally get a quicker
response than emails to sales - if it is a support question rather than
a sales question.
There are at least 3 persons monitoring the support emails while the
emails to sales are monitored by only one person who may be out for
It's a MC-60 and the switch is Out.
On Mar 14, 2013, at 4:36 PM, Joe Subich, W4TV wrote:
Was it an MC-60 or an MC-60A? The MC-60 is a straight dynamic
mic while the MC-60A included a preamplifier circuit in the base.
1) make sure your K2 is not set up with bias (no 5.6K resistor
on
The MC-60 (not A) schematic that I see on the G4WPW website indicates
that the switch changes from low impedance to high impedance. For use
with the K3 and other modern transceivers the switch should be in the
low impedance position.
From the schematic, I cannot understand an out label on the
My MC-60 mic says on the bottom by the switch 'mic amp' in/out. There
isn't an 'A' on the Kenwood trim on the front - just MC-60. Although it
may be an MC-60A, there is no visible designation as such.
- 73 de Mike, K6MKF, W6NAG, NCDXC, Conway Reef 2012, K3-P3 Addict, Maui
-Original
You might want to consider LP-PAN 2. It will not only give you dual
receive, but also all the DSP bells and whistles of a Flex Radio and a
real time panadapter as well. You would have to modify your K2 to add an
IF output jack, but this is well documented and lots of guys have done
it. It
If you are waiting to see what the Flex 6000 is like you might take a
look at the Apache-Labs ANAN-10 or ANAN-100d. The advantages:
- software is free forever.
- different versions of software are available for both windows and linux.
- source code and hardware schematics are available.
- it is
With a preamp switch on the base, that is an MC-60A.
What position is the slide switch *on the microphone*? That is the
switch that determines high vs. low impedance. You want it in the
Low (500 Ohm) position for the K2 (and K3). There are two switches
- the one toward the rear is
Is there a way to make the PBT SSB menu setting stay in nor mode?
I know it came out with the latest version of FW, but I cannot seem to
make it stay.
Reading the FW update page, I see where if I want to alternate between
nor and LoHi Cut, I can program a PFx button. Is that the intention
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