Using the plain Elecraft hand mic here. Very very good audio reports. May not be a Heil, but I really don't care. As long as people can understand what I'm saying, then I'm happy.
73 de James K2QI On Thu, Nov 5, 2009 at 3:59 PM, Grant Youngman <[email protected]> wrote: > i do often wonder why everyone who buys a new radio wants to know what > mic to use, as though radios and mics were somehow born to be together. > > A mic is a mic. It can be EQ'd in the radio or outside the radio, the > K3 input can take about anything you can feed it, and still there's > this notion that somehow the mic is "special". I have not heard > anything about "THAT special mic" for the K3. Do we really need to > be this "an*l" about making sure that we haven't picked the wrong > one? What's the wrong one? > > I'll weigh in, too. E-V RE-20 feeding a Behringer VX-2000, thence (I > love that word) to a Rane SM 26B Splitter Mixer( I drive several > radios, mostly of 1950's vintage, with the same lousy audio), then to > the Line input on the K3. Would several dozen other mics sound fine? > Of course -- It's me with the squeaky voice, not the mic, and > certainly not the K3. I can EQ that nice RE-20 to sound just like an > HC-4 if the spirit moves .. :-) > > Grant/NQ5T > > On Nov 5, 2009, at 2:33 PM, [email protected] wrote: > > > Well i suppose i might just as well weigh in on this as well since > > it seems to be the "thing to do"! > > > > When i got my K3 (#763) this summer it came with a Kenwood 600 ohm > > Dynamic handheld. Must have come from something that uses the UP- > > Down buttons but anyway, no one has told me my audio sounded bad so > > i guess it sounds good. What more could i ask.. BC quality? NOT! > > > > Larry > > W0OGH > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > > 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 > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > ______________________________________________________________ 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
