Hi Gil, You've got the wrong guy !! It's Brian, VE7NGR, who is having the problem sad to say. I have had no problem at all with my Heil Proset Plus with the HC-4 and HC-5 elements - no preamp required and 100 watts all bands. But thank you for your good wishes.
73, Geoff GM4ESD ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gilbert J Cross" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, November 21, 2004 11:31 PM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] SSB low output > Hi , Geoff. I ,too, am using the HM10 with the HC-5 element. What > you are having a problem with is not uncommon with the Heil elements. > Fact: Heil remarks in their literature that both elements are purposely > -10 DB down so as to reduce back ground noise pickup. I fought this for a > long time and tried all the various mods to overcome the lack of gain. > Finally built the amp circuit from the Elecraft site. Just hay wired it > together and have it stuffed into the mic body. It now works fine. Good > luck Gil K8EAG > > > > On Sun, 21 Nov 2004 22:22:54 -0000 "Geoffrey Mackenzie-Kennedy" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Both HC-4 and HC-5, select with switch. Both OK for 100W, but I have > > yet had > > to use the squawky "DX" one in battle. > > > > Geoff. > > > > _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com

