Hmmm, I understand my Heil PR 40, which is a balance output mike, will work with the K3 if you get the proper cable for it. It works fine with my Orion II but since the Orion uses the Yaesu wiring convention I need another cable with the Kenwood wiring on one end and the three pin XLR connector on the other and which will convert it from balance to unbalanced as the PR 40 to Orion cable does. After I do get the needed cable I'm going to give that mike a try. The K3 also works quite well with a Heil Gold line.
I tend to agree with you about some Heil pricing but I think the PR 40 is an exception. Its price is reasonable when compared to other professional level mikes such as the EV RE 20. Bruce - W8FU -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jim Brown Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2008 6:04 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 and Heil Microphones On Thu, 7 Aug 2008 07:26:06 +1000, Gary Gregory wrote: >I would be interested to know if anyone has tried other Heil mics and >discovered a better match for the K3. The K3 is extremely versatile when it comes to microphones. Virtually any good dynamic mic or unbalanced electret mic will work VERY well with a K3. Virtually any pro mic wired for use with wireless mics will work fine with a K3. Shure, AKG, and Crown all make very nice head-worn mics like this. The only mics that won't work are professional, balanced electret mics. Heil products are WILDLY overpriced (by a factor of at least 10:1) for what they are. One of the "features" of certain Heil mics is highly equalized audio to cut through QRM and QRN (but doesn't sound very nice). All the equalization and signal processing you could possibly need is built into the K3, is easy to adjust, and it works VERY well. see http://audiosystemsgroup.com/HamInterfacing.pdf 73, Jim Brown K9YC _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com Internal Virus Database is out of date. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.138 / Virus Database: 270.5.10/1586 - Release Date: 8/1/2008 6:59 PM _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
