After speaking to Bob Heil, he recommends the Pro 7 iC. Is it possible that all of the bad experiences described here were with the PRO 7 with the hC7 Dynamic element ? Just thinking folks had the wrong mic element...
-Kevin (KK4YEL) No trees were killed in the sending of this message. However, a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced ! > On Apr 28, 2017, at 09:27, Don Wilhelm <[email protected]> wrote: > > David, > > The Heil HC-7 mic element has a very low output level. Several others have > had problems with it. To make matters worse, Heil recommends that the K3 > microphone gain range should be set to Low, when in fact it needs to be set > to the High Gain range. > > 73, > Don W3FPR > >> On 4/28/2017 8:30 AM, David Wall-NA4AE wrote: >> I recently tried to use a Heil Pro 7 (HC-7) element with my KX3. Also, >> with the Heil adapter cable AD-1-KX3. Re adjusted the Mic Bias (off) and >> Mic Btn (off). Had very poor results. Could not get the "Echo" out and a >> basic noise. Tested extensively using another KX3 and a K3 as the test >> receiver. We truly went thru a series of test changing CMP, and EQ. Yes we >> even cut the MON off. Could not get the problems corrected with settings. >> Sent it back to Heil and they tested it and said it was OK. Being the good >> company that they are, they sent me a new system. It did the same thing. >> So, I gave up and took it back to HRO. They refunded me with no problem. I >> then ordered a Heil "ProSet-ic" set up for the KX3 from Elecraft. So far it >> seems to work fine. I don't know what the problem is that the Pro-7 (HC-7) >> wouldn't work with the KX3, but there is something that is not compatible >> with the HC-7 element. I would have liked to have had a Pro-7 rather than >> the ProSet, b > ut >> I couldn't get to work. The Heil AD-1-KX3 cable is what you need to adapt >> the headset to the radio with a PL-59 (1/4")connection for a PTT switch >> (foot,hand etc). also has the TRR plug for the Mic connection. > ______________________________________________________________ > 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]
