[1000mp] Help with Microphone Selection

[Marc Wullaert]

Did you switch on the processor ?What about the controlling knob MIKE and
PROC !
Mine are both on 12o clock and i'm loud !And the ALC is ok here, Never go
over the red line  !

marc on4ma

----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Brougham" <brougham at eciad.ca>
To: "All about Yaesu 1000mp" <1000mp at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, March 07, 2005 3:00 AM
Subject: [1000mp] Help with Microphone Selection


> Hi Folks,
>
> I think I need to get a new microphone as the included MH-31 doesn't
> seem to be so good!
>
> Here's my story: On my Mark V this weekend I had a hard time driving the
> rig. I was trying to keep the ALC just to the right of the red line and
> had a terrible problem being heard (my antenna situation aside ... I
> don't want to discuss that!). No much more than 50 watts output even
> with the rf set to full and using 200 watt menu ... sad story for me on
> the ARRL contest! So I was experimenting toggling between MH-31 setting
> 1 and 2  and driving the ALC a little harder. PJ4R can't hear me on 20M
> with the ALC just at the red line ... about 10% or 15% over no problem
> at all! ... On mic setting 2 PJ2T can't hear me on 40M .... on
> microphone setting 1 he gets me but with difficulty. A few months ago I
> was doing some contest and had a bad audio report from another station
> and I noticed that the ALC was about 20% - 25% past the red line. Since
> then I've tried to be really careful about the ALC ... the PJ4R
> situation was in desperation I assure you!
>
> I don't use SSB much (and only for contests or dx) but I would like a
> better microphone for when I do. Here's what I'm thinking of:
>
> A used MD-100ABX
> A Heil HM-10 with the HC-4 element
> A HEIL GM witht he HC-4 element
>
> What do you folks think?
>
> --
> Chris VA7CAB
>
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