[Elecraft] [K3] Preferred or Popular Mic For the K3

[Bill Conkling]

Please, WRONG, No. 

I made reference to "desk mic stands with PTT" NOT Desk mics.  The point was
to source a stand for inexpensive alternatives to the expensive Heil
Goldline style mics that need a stand.  Radio Shack and othes sell mics like
this for very reasonable prices but the only source of a stand for them that
has a PTT switch is the one from Heil.

There are many "deks mics" around, and most if not all can be adapted to the
K3.

...bill  nr4c


-----Original Message-----
From: Phil Hystad [mailto:phystad at mac.com] 
Sent: Friday, March 04, 2011 4:49 PM
To: Hector Padron
Cc: nr4c at widomaker.com; elecraft at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] [K3] Preferred or Popular Mic For the K3

Both Icom and Kenwood make desk stand mics with the PTT switch in the base.


On Mar 4, 2011, at 10:21 AM, Hector Padron wrote:

> I'm not aware of anyone making a desk mic stand with PTT other than Heil"
>  
> Wrong.
> The mic I am using from W2ENY is also a base mic that comes with PTT on
the base,google it by his call sign and you will see it.Its an electret mic
that trough the K3 EQ sounds terrific.
>  
> AD4C
> 
> 
> "If freedom means something,it is the right to tell others what they don't
want to hear" -George Orwell
> 
> --- On Thu, 3/3/11, nr4c at widomaker.com <nr4c at widomaker.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> From: nr4c at widomaker.com <nr4c at widomaker.com>
> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] [K3] Preferred or Popular Mic For the K3
> To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
> Date: Thursday, March 3, 2011, 5:21 PM
> 
> 
> If you want a desks mic, I would recomend the Heil Gold Line GM-5. Or  
> the HM-10 Dual (has HC-4 and HC-5 elements). Both are reasonably  
> priced and have good sound. Get the Heil Desk stand with the PTT  
> switch and you're set.
> 
> Also, a lot of mic out there like even some from Radio Shack offer  
> good sound quality at even better prices, but you may still need the  
> Heil stand to get PTT on the base.
> 
> If you want to use a headset, check the archives for the Yamaha CM500.  
> It is good, and inexpensive, but it is a headphone with boom mike.
> 
> If you want to tinker, you can get electret elements from many sources  
> (even Radio Shack) and make a mic yourself. And it won't suffer in  
> sound quality. With the TX-EQ capabilities of the K3, you can make it  
> sound really good.  All you need it the element, some cable and  
> something to house the thing in.  I used a length of 1 inch copper  
> tube and made a screen out of brass screen.  Find a foam wind screen  
> and a wooden plug in the other end with a hole for the cable to exit  
> and a plug on the end.
> 
> I'm not aware of anyone making a desk mic stand with PTT other than Heil.
> 
> This should get you started.
> 
> ...bill nr4c
> 
> 
> Quoting Phil Hystad <phystad at mac.com>:
> 
>> I am thinking of buying a new mic for my K3. Is there a good quality  
>> mic that is recommended or preferred by K3 owners? I don't have any  
>> particular needs. The only mic I do have is the Elecraft hand mic  
>> but I would like a desk top mic with PTT button right on the mic  
>> itself (preferably on the base like the Icom SM-20).
>> 
>> 73, phil, K7PEH
>> 
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