[Elecraft] Mic for K3

[Bill W5WVO]

Eric,

I've used the Heil Pro Set with the HC-5 for some years now, and have received 
many unsolicited raves about my audio. The HC-5 is NOT a "full-range" (flat) 
element. It is expertly tailored for voice frequencies, but is not as highly 
constricted as the HC-4. It is very enjoyable to listen to, yet still has 
plenty of punch when used with an appropriate amount of compression.

After listening to a number of HC-4s on the air, I concluded that although 
they do punch through the QRM very well, they're just too ugly-sounding to put 
up with. :-)  So I'm sticking with the HC-5. Any desired tweaks can be made 
with the K3 TX equalization, bu for my money,the HC-5 sounds just great the 
way it is.

Bill W5WVO


Eric Scace K3NA wrote:
> Hi Geoff --
>
>   We used Heil HC-5 mic elements (the so-called "full range" element,
> not the "DX operation" element).  Mic gain and compression were both
> set at 15.
>
>   A few operators were caught fidgeting with the mic/compression
> settings, but we tried to discourage changes to these settings.
>
> 73,
>   -- Eric K3NA
>   VP6DX co-leader
>
> on 08 Feb 13 Wed 10:22 Geoffrey Downs said the following:
>> Re VP6DX - they do sound good. Anyone know what mics and settings
>> they are using?
>>
>> 73 to all
>>
>> Geoff
>> G3UCK
>>
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