Hi Carl, It's a common mistake to believe that the more expensive Heil should sound better than less expensive alternatives. I think you will be very pleasantly surprised with on-air comparisons to the CM500.
73, Mike K2MK Carl Jón Denbow wrote > Dave, et al: > > Thanks for all the fine comments and feedback I've received both on the > message board and by direct email message. I do have the MIC BIAS "on' > and the MIC BTN "off." Another person suggested that I adjust the TX > EQ, which I have done, basically boosting 2.4 KHz and above by 4db and > rolling off 200Hz and below by 4db. After making these adjustments, > I've been told by a local ham who had heard the previous settings that > my audio quality was improved; however, he quickly added the the > Elecraft MH3 mic still sounded better even before the EQ adjustments. > I'm not exactly sure what to make of this, since the Heil headset is, > obviously, a much more expensive piece of equipment. However, it's > possible that making the conversion pigtail that you suggested might > cure the problem. > > I do have a Yamaha CM500 on order. It'll be interesting to compare > reports once that arrives. > > 73, > Carl -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/Heil-Proset-KX3-Element-tp7596431p7596468.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ______________________________________________________________ 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]

