Don, Did you turn on the bias? That mic needs it (as do all microphones with an electret element). See the main menu MIC SEL - tap button 2 to toggle the bias.
73, Don W3FPR On 4/30/2011 2:35 PM, don Swetzig wrote: > I just hooked a hand held Heil with the IC element I just purchased. I > got this one as I liked the performance of the Heil headseat with this > element that I purchased with the rig from Elecraft. > > Now after getting it connected it seems like a dead mic compared to the > headseat. I have cranked up the gain from low to high and I still need > the mic line in setting at 45. The original head set needed low gain and > the line in set to 10 for full ALC action. > > Also the power meeter on the tuner shows lower power with this mic. > > Am I missing something with the handheld setup as I really liked the > performance of the IC in the proset > > Thanks > Don > > KD8NNU > > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html

