Is someone tried on K2? If YES, what kind of settings you are using on K2?
Thanks 7S7V Wes Stewart wrote: > > I second all of this. I've been using one since June. > > --- On Mon, 11/23/09, Jim Brown <[email protected]> wrote: > > From: Jim Brown <[email protected]> > Subject: [Elecraft] Yamaha CM500 Headset is a WINNER (and a BARGAIN) > To: "Elecraft List" <[email protected]> > Date: Monday, November 23, 2009, 11:28 AM > > Last night, K6MM posted to the NCCC Email list: > >>Headset Report: The new Yamaha CM500 headset performed flawlessly. >>Great reports, comfortable all weekend, good soundproofing. A real >>bargain at $40 -- thanks again for the group purchase, Josh (W6XU). > > After about 22 hours of use in SS-SSB, I'd like to reinforce John's > comments on these headsets. I find the headset quite comfortable, > the cans sound very good, and the mic produces GREAT audio. I bought > three, and they are replacing the EV RE16 that I've used exclusively > for contesting for the last five years! If you worked W6BX, K9YC, > K6MM, AK6M, or W6XU, you were listening to the CM500. > > The mic in this headset is not a FLAT mic, but it's quite smooth and > clean sounding, and the EQ is close to perfect for ham radio and > contesting. It sounds MUCH MUCH MUCH better than most Heils I've > heard (and at 1/3 the price). Because it's EQed for communications > use and my existing voice messages were recorded with an RE16 (a very > flat professional recording/broadcast mic), I had to re-record all of > my SS messages. > > The only negative of this mic (and it's a minor one, because it's > easy to work around it) is that it is a bit sensitive to breath pop > and handling noise, so you need to roll off the low end AND keep it > away from your mouth. I found myself alternating between two > positions -- one below my mouth a few inches, and the other a few > inches above and to the side, but out of the way of my nose (so that > breathing didn't get into the mic). Both positions are quite > comfortable, and both sound very good. I used the higher position > for recording the messages. > > One VERY important caution -- the output from this mic is VERY high, > and can easily overload the electronics that it is feeding if you > don't take care with gain settings. To record, I ran straight into > the sound card of my IBM T22 (eight year old Thinkpad) with the mic > preamp OFF, the gain at minimum, and the mic about four inches away. > Any closer caused the sound card to clip! I did NO eq while > recording. > > When operating, I plugged the mic and headset into the rear panel > connectors, turned on the bias (tap 2 on the keypad while in the mic > select menu) and set mic gain to Low (tap 1 on the keypad in the mic > select menu). I used max cut of the two lowest bands on the K3 to > minimize the breath and handling noise. With other rigs, you may need > to do that with a series cap. > > 73, > > Jim K9YC > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > > -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/Yamaha-CM500-Headset-is-a-WINNER-and-a-BARGAIN-tp4052975p4141865.html Sent from the [HAM] mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ______________________________________________________________ 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
