[Elecraft] [HAM] SV: Yamaha CM500 Headset is a WINNER (and a BARGAIN)

Thu Dec 10 14:03:25 EST 2009

Hello Bob,

It will be nice to hear your experience with Yamaha CM500 and K2, when it
arrive

Best Regards

Samir, 7S7V

www.qsl.net/7s7v

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Ämne: Re: Yamaha CM500 Headset is a WINNER (and a BARGAIN)

I ordered mine through  Full Compass. With shipping it was $48 but they are 
out of stock and don't expect to be able to ship until after the first of 
the year. 

Bob W6TR 
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> Is someone tried on K2? If YES, what kind of settings you are using on K2?

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> Thanks 
> 7S7V 
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> Wes Stewart wrote: 
>> 
>> I second all of this. I've been using one since June. 
>> 
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>> From: Jim Brown <[hidden email]
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>> Subject: [Elecraft] Yamaha CM500 Headset is a WINNER (and a BARGAIN) 
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>> Date: Monday, November 23, 2009, 11:28 AM 
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>> Last night, K6MM posted to the NCCC Email list: 
>> 
>>>Headset Report: The new Yamaha CM500 headset performed flawlessly. 
>>>Great reports, comfortable all weekend, good soundproofing. A real 
>>>bargain at $40 -- thanks again for the group purchase, Josh (W6XU). 
>> 
>> After about 22 hours of use in SS-SSB, I'd like to reinforce John's 
>> comments on these headsets. I find the headset quite comfortable, 
>> the cans sound very good, and the mic produces GREAT audio. I bought 
>> three, and they are replacing the EV RE16 that I've used exclusively 
>> for contesting for the last five years! If you worked W6BX, K9YC, 
>> K6MM, AK6M, or W6XU, you were listening to the CM500. 
>> 
>> The mic in this headset is not a FLAT mic, but it's quite smooth and 
>> clean sounding, and the EQ is close to perfect for ham radio and 
>> contesting. It sounds MUCH MUCH MUCH better than most Heils I've 
>> heard (and at 1/3 the price). Because it's EQed for communications 
>> use and my existing voice messages were recorded with an RE16 (a very 
>> flat professional recording/broadcast mic), I had to re-record all of 
>> my SS messages. 
>> 
>> The only negative of this mic (and it's a minor one, because it's 
>> easy to work around it) is that it is a bit sensitive to breath pop 
>> and handling noise, so you need to roll off the low end AND keep it 
>> away from your mouth. I found myself alternating between two 
>> positions -- one below my mouth a few inches, and the other a few 
>> inches above and to the side, but out of the way of my nose (so that 
>> breathing didn't get into the mic). Both positions are quite 
>> comfortable, and both sound very good. I used the higher position 
>> for recording the messages. 
>> 
>> One VERY important caution -- the output from this mic is VERY high, 
>> and can easily overload the electronics that it is feeding if you 
>> don't take care with gain settings. To record, I ran straight into 
>> the sound card of my IBM T22 (eight year old Thinkpad) with the mic 
>> preamp OFF, the gain at minimum, and the mic about four inches away. 
>> Any closer caused the sound card to clip! I did NO eq while 
>> recording. 
>> 
>> When operating, I plugged the mic and headset into the rear panel 
>> connectors, turned on the bias (tap 2 on the keypad while in the mic 
>> select menu) and set mic gain to Low (tap 1 on the keypad in the mic 
>> select menu). I used max cut of the two lowest bands on the K3 to 
>> minimize the breath and handling noise. With other rigs, you may need 
>> to do that with a series cap. 
>> 
>> 73, 
>> 
>> Jim K9YC 
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