Dave Hachadorian, K6LL, wrote: >As a last resort, you can tape pretty much any old electret >element to the mic boom and run a separate mic line from the >element. Mouser has a good selection of electret elements, many >under $5. My CM500 microphone element failed, and I replaced it >with an electret element out of an old toy that I found laying >around the house. It sounds fine. > Probably any half-decent electret element will sound fine too. If the frequency response is reasonably level and the sensitivity is about the same as other electrets - in other words, if there's nothing "wrong" or "unusual" about it - then the K3 will manage the rest.
Over the past 7 years I've had very good results with the Koss CS-100, a lightweight on-ear computer headset with the usual electret microphone. That headset was originally purchased for Skype but was found to work very well indeed with the K3 - not only for my own voice but also for my wife and for guest operators. As a result, these headsets have proliferated around our household and also throughout the radio club. Still preferring closed-cup headphones for my own use, about two years ago I switched to the Koss CM-45. The electret microphone is essentially identical to the CS-100, so operators can freely swap headsets without needing to change any microphone or EQ settings. >The SB45 headset has an electret element, but it is not the same >comfortable headphone arrangement as the CM-500. > Headphone comfort is a very individual thing. I have used the Koss SB-45 for about two years now with no discomfort over many long hours; on the other hand, Heil headphones hurt my ears within ten minutes. The CM-500 I have never tried, as it's not readily available in Europe. So, in what way is the headphone arrangement "different" between the SB45 and the CM-500? 73 from Ian GM3SEK (Please excuse any delayed replies over the next few days - we're having phone-line problems.) ______________________________________________________________ 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]
