I quit using Heil products. Many of the ear muffs rotted off after one sweaty session at FD. I switched over to a $29.99 Logitec boom mic computer headset with 1/8 plugs. I figured it would break easily, I was wrong, I am still using it after 7 years and many sweaty operating conditions, FD, Special events, POTA, etc. Never a problem and my voice is very natural and I regularly get great sound reports from people that know my voice.On the K3s with factory defaults, I just leave the equalization sliders alone and I am good to go. I have used the same headset traveling playing computer games in hotel rooms for 10 years. Both my son and I abandon Heil products because of their product construction and reliability issues. The computer gaming manufactures understand what it takes to make a great comfortable headset and Bob Heil could take lessons from them. For instance, cloth ear muff covering, braided nylon cable coverings, easy swivel phones on the headband, lightweight but strong construction that does not crush your ears like a set of unpadded tuna cans mounted to a 29cent headband from the dollar store. Even the Heil replacement cables made of flat 3 wired cable, will rot and crack in high humidity and heat that we regularly experience in Kansas. The cables fatigue so easily and are easily cut if a drawer or door closes on them or if a chair rolls over them, you are done. Operating outside in South Texas or near sea air in Maine in the summertime will do a number on the cables and the earmuff covering. The computer headsets have the nylon braided covering and the braid is moulded into the connector preventing sharp bending fatigue. For me it is Logitec with the electrec mic. They are lightweight, totally cover the ear, mute external sound well and cost 1/10th of what a set of heils run and last at least 4 to 5 times as long probably....after 7 years, I'm still on my first pair. In contrast I was going through a set of Heils every 18 months as something would go wrong. Generally the flimsy cables would short/open circuit or the earmuffs would rot off. Don't even mention the $250 dollar set that after wearing for 4 hours, gives me a headache and is as heavy as 2 anvils crushing into the side of your head. Why did I buy so many Heil products, mainly because I could not try them on. I go to BestBuy, The headsets are all on display for comfort and sound quality. Try them on, choose your pair, walk out a happy man.
My 2 cents and for what it is worth, and $2.98 you can get a cup of joe. 73, Morgan NJ8M On Wed, Jun 24, 2020 at 12:45 AM Tony <[email protected]> wrote: > All: > > I purchased the new Heil HM-10 dual element microphone thinking it would > perform as well as my old HM-10 which has the HC4 and HC5 mic elements. > Unfortunately, that's not the case and reason seems to be the way the > new mic was designed. > > The mic elements are at a 45 degree angle and placed much further away > from the windscreen compared to the old mic. The result is that the new > mic requires near maximum gain (maximum with some rigs) to set the ALC > properly, even when you're up close to the mic. > > By comparison, the early HM-10 faces it's elements forward and close to > the windscreen so the mic requires A LOT less gain which results in much > better overall performance. > > The elements on the new HM-10 have individual windscreens as well and > that seems to add further restriction. The HC4 / HC5 elements on the old > mic have no additional windscreens. > > The good news is that Heil did a great job duplicating the HC4 / HC5 > frequency response so the new elements produce the great articulation > the old elements are known for. The problem with the new mic (as I see > it) is it's physical design. > > Has anyone else compared the new HM-10 XD to the old HM-10 with their > K3S or any other transceivers? > > Tony -K2MO > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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]
