Caveat: I admit to being 90 percent and better CW only and it has probably been a year or more since I have had anything like a ragchew on SSB and even longer in ( > 3 years?? ) since I have called CQ on SSB.
But, I find that the simple hand mic, the Elecraft HM2, works very nicely. And, I have been given good reports on audio. I know it is not a desk mic but I am thankful to have gotten rid of the desk mic I had (the Icom SM20, I think that is the model number) when I sold my Icom equipment. The desk mic took up too much room on the desk and it was awkward to squirt it out of the way when I did not need it which was most of the time. In contrast, the hand mic is easy to move out of the way. But, I am still puzzled by the interest in high-quality broadcast type audio. To me, as long as the audio is clear, no RF on the signal, not overdriven, and so on, I am fine with it. Even if the other guy is a little off frequency I am OK as long as I can understand them and they can understand me. OK, again, I admit, I am mostly CW so my comments may not pile up much, even a hill of beans (black beans preferred) -- but I just had to ask this rhetorical question as to why broadcast style audio is important in a SSB signal. 73, phil, K7PEH On Jul 9, 2014, at 10:18 AM, Ramon Tristani <[email protected]> wrote: > After trying several microphones I decided to take the plunge and bought > the Heil PR-40. What a difference does it make after proper equalization > with the built in K3 equalizer!. Some people answer my CQ's just to ask > what my audio setup is. They like the "broadcast quality" of the audio. I > know many hams prefer the "standard" SSB audio sound and many even say that > the narrow filter bandwidth severely limits the usability of the PR-40. But > I still remember the rationale for the 20-20000 response of the high > fidelity equipment even though most people cannot hear beyond the usual 10 > Khz frequencies. The explanation was that there is a special feeling when > you hear quality sound that is not experimented when listening to > "telephone quality" sound. I know what they meant. Remember the difference > between vinyl records and CDs? You might too. Just borrow one and do the > testing. Adjust your equalizer in a wide "V" from 50 hertz to 3200 Hz. You > will never go back to the telephone sound! > > > > On Tue, Jul 8, 2014 at 3:49 PM, Jim Brown <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On 7/8/2014 10:40 AM, Mike Furrey wrote: >> >>> I use a 50 year old Shure 444D, I did make an adapter from the K3 to the >>> 1/4 phono plug on the Shure. >>> >> >> Yes, this is one of the great communications mics. When it was developed, >> many years ago, there were some serious hams at Shure. >> >> As Don noted, virtually any dynamic mic, balanced or unbalanced, and any >> unbalanced electret mic will work just fine with the K3 or KX3. All it >> takes is the right connector with the right wiring, and the K3 and KX3 >> connector pinout is shown in the manual. >> >> 73, Jim K9YC >> ______________________________________________________________ >> 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 >> Message delivered to [email protected] >> > > > > -- > Ramón Tristani > Email: "[email protected]" > Web: http://www.tristaniministries.org > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > Message delivered to [email protected] ______________________________________________________________ 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 Message delivered to [email protected]
