Don, You may be correct. Fred in his book recommends High for Heil mics, both electrek and dynamic where as Heil only recommends High for the electrek.
I would have thought if the Heil site was wrong someone would have noticed it by now and Heil would have changed it. I also thought the Heil electrek mics were high output so find it strange that they would not require a low setting. 73, Tom - KQ5S On Sat, Feb 11, 2017 at 7:07 PM, Don Wilhelm <[email protected]> wrote: > Tom, > > Unless I read the K3 and K3S manual incorrectly, Heil has the "HIGH" and > "LOW" mic gain settings reversed. > > The HIGH and LOW settings refer to the mic gain, and not to the microphone > output. Those Heil mics have very low output and should use the HIGH mic > gain setting. > > 73, > Don W3FPR > > On 2/11/2017 7:41 PM, Tom Robertson wrote: > >> Here is what Heil says: >> >> We highly suggest our dynamic element microphones (HC-7, HC-5.1 , HC-6, >> Goldline GM series or PR-781 type). In this case, while setting up the >> MAIN: MIC SEL menu, tap [I] to toggle to "LOW" Mic Gain, and be absolutely >> certain that Mic Bias is off by tapping [2], as needed, to toggle to "OFF" >> for Mic Bias. >> If you are using our high output "iC" element (Pro Set iC, Pro set Plus >> iC, Pro Set Elite iC, Handi Mic iC, or the iCM via the HSTA-K8 adapter >> cable), tap [1] to select "HIGH" Mic Gain, and tap [2] to set the Mic Bias >> to the "ON" option. Keep in mind this will have much more output and 'may' >> overdrive the mic preamp so keep ALC in range. >> > ______________________________________________________________ > 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]
