[Elecraft] K3 and Heil Microphones

[Jim Brown]

On Thu, 7 Aug 2008 07:26:06 +1000, Gary Gregory wrote:

>I would be interested to know if anyone has tried other Heil mics and
>discovered a better match for the K3.

The K3 is extremely versatile when it comes to microphones. Virtually 
any good dynamic mic or unbalanced electret mic will work VERY well 
with a K3. Virtually any pro mic wired for use with wireless mics will 
work fine with a K3. Shure, AKG, and Crown all make very nice head-worn 
mics like this. The only mics that won't work are professional, 
balanced electret mics. Heil products are WILDLY overpriced (by a 
factor of at least 10:1) for what they are. 

One of the "features" of certain Heil mics is highly equalized audio to 
cut through QRM and QRN (but doesn't sound very nice). All the 
equalization and signal processing you could possibly need is built 
into the K3, is easy to adjust, and it works VERY well. 

see http://audiosystemsgroup.com/HamInterfacing.pdf

73,

Jim Brown K9YC