[Elecraft] K3 Headset Redux

David Gilbert xdavid at cis-broadband.com
Mon Apr 6 20:42:17 EDT 2009


Per the discussion a couple of weeks ago regarding lightweight headsets 
for the K3, I decided to look for the cheapest one I could find that 
would still give good results.  Amazingly, I found a really lightweight 
computer headset for $10 at Tiger Direct that has foam covered 
earphones, a foam covered electret mic at the end of a nice long boom, a 
six foot cord, and the construction seems reasonably robust.  I have my 
K3 parameters (mic gain. compression, equalization) set to give good 
clean crisp transmit audio for contesting and DXing using the stock 
Elecraft MH-2 mic, and I've always gotten excellent on-the-air reports 
with it.  Using those exact same settings, the $10 headset reportedly 
sounds almost identical to the MH-2 in on-the-air tests with the 
possible exception of very slightly less low frequency response, and I'm 
certain that could be handled with the equalization.

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In case anyone is interested ...

73,
Dave   AB7E
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