[Elecraft] Heil HC5 Element

[Steve & Anne Ray]

I use a Heil HC5 element in my Kenwood MC50 mic and get excellent audio
reports.  The only thing I did was prior to getting the Heil element was to
change R14 to 10K, as I was not getting enough drive with the original
element that the MC50 mic was made with.   I have kept R14 at 10K, now I
have the Heil element and I am very pleased with the audio and have plenty
of drive.  I have purchased, but not bothered to change out the filter
crystals in the KSB2 or the K2, as the audio reports are so good.  I did do
the latest 2nd crystal filter mod with the 120pf and the 5.6K resistor.
The upper and lower sidebands are indistinguishable listening to WWV and
looking at the 500 and 600 Hz tones with Spectrogram.  Realize the 2nd
crystal filter mod only affects the receive signal on SSB.

The usual I have no connection with Heil, just like the HC5 element with my
K2..


73,
Steve Ray K4JPN ex K1VKW
EM82ep Warner Robins GA
Elecraft K2 1422 & KPA-100
Heath Fan HW-101, HW-8