[Elecraft] [K3] weird VOX experience with headset mic

[David Cutter]

Try to fit a rubber or Neoprene sleeve/grommet between the mic boom and the 
body of the ear shell.

David
G3UNA


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Gilbert" <xdavid at cis-broadband.com>
To: <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, July 08, 2010 6:20 PM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] [K3] weird VOX experience with headset mic


>
> If I understand you correctly, I experienced a similar situation with a
> very nice Razer gaming headset (for video games, etc).  It has great
> over-the-ear cloth padded cups, an electret microphone element, and is
> built very solidly.  In VOX mode on SSB it kept triggering into transmit
> unless I turned the headphone volume way down.  As best I can tell, the
> boom for the microphone is so solid that sound vibrations from the cup
> are traveling down to the microphone element.  Thus far I haven't been
> able to make it go away with ANTIVOX.  I have a half dozen other
> headsets and none of them exhibit that problem, but none are built as
> mechanically solid as that one either.
>
> 73,
> Dave   AB7E
>
>
>
>
> On 3/14/2010 10:52 AM, Monty Shultes wrote:
>> I just bought a Plantronics computer gaming headset, model 377, to use 
>> with my K3 after reading some of the posts about the Yamaha headset. (I 
>> had some bonus bucks to use at Best Buy.  They don't carry the Yamaha 
>> CM-500)  It works beautifully with one funny problem - if I try to use 
>> VOX, the radio goes into transmit mode even if I have the microphone 
>> muted.  I figure the receive audio must be inducing enough signal on the 
>> mic leads to trip the VOX.  No setting of ANTIVOX gets rid of this.  I 
>> have the audio from the K3 as low as possible.  Any experiences and 
>> suggestions welcome!
>>
>> Monty K2DLJ
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