Re: [Elecraft] New Heil HM10 XD Microphone - Poor Design?

2020-06-24 Thread Gwen Patton
I have an HM-10, but I've had it for about 15 years. It's on my Icom 746 Pro that I only currently use for 2m nets on Sundays, or if I feel like getting on the local 2m repeater. I'm considering installing it in my van for QRO field ops, though that'll require me getting a replacement 2m base rig.

Re: [Elecraft] New Heil HM10 XD Microphone - Poor Design?

2020-06-24 Thread Bill Steffey NY9H
headsets four years ago while on a bike trip along the Danube, my kx3's headset cable broke ... not to fear cause in the next village the locals had a 6$ computer headset, which I still keep in the kx3 setup. While it does have some 'rescue" tape on it it still works great. I don't think

Re: [Elecraft] New Heil HM10 XD Microphone - Poor Design?

2020-06-24 Thread Morgan Bailey
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,

[Elecraft] New Heil HM10 XD Microphone - Poor Design?

2020-06-23 Thread Tony
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