Well, I disagree. I use a Cascade Fat Head ribbon microphone on my Bauer 707 AM transmitter and the reports are very flattering. Now, I agree if you are using a narrow sideband filter, it won't help you much, but then on my K3, when I do move the ribbon mike into position, I use the 6 KHz filter and the equalizer section turns the audio into a pleasant performer. I do use a puff filter in front to get rid of the "breathiness" issue. To each his own. IMHO, Cheers,
Mel, K6KBE ________________________________ From: Fred Jensen <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, August 14, 2011 2:47 PM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] RIBBON MICROPHONE Indeed. Being just a tad more naive than Jim, a condition that persists to this day, my first college job included sign-on in early AM as the only employee in the studio of a small FM station. I used a fairly large and clunky RCA ribbon mic on a desk stand in front of the board. Everyone has seen them in old movies and the like, sort of prismatic in shape. I made a number of airchecks of the sign-on litany and discovered that if I closed way up on the mic and spoke softly, I could turn a 17-yr old voice into something a couple of octaves below Vaughn Monroe. It would have been a very poor mic for ham radio. 73, Fred K6DGW - Northern California Contest Club - CU in the 2011 Cal QSO Party 1-2 Oct 2011 - www.cqp.org On 8/14/2011 11:48 AM, Jim Brown wrote: > I wouldn't dream > of using them in my ham station. They are delicate (easily broken), > very subject to P-popping and breathe noise, and emphasize the low end > of the voice (very bad for ham radio). ______________________________________________________________ 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 ______________________________________________________________ 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
