[Elecraft] Heil BM-10 Headset

[k3ndm at comcast.net]

Dave, 
I have a Heil Proset headset. It required no adapters and worked fine for the ARRL SSB DX contest. I'm not entirely sure which element came with it. I talked to Heil and they told me what to order. All I needed to do was to set MIC BTN to off. everything else was OK. I did fiddle with the transmit equalizer, compression, and mic gain until I had the audio I wanted; the same settings also work well with the Elecraft handheld mic. It might be that the elements are the same as Elecraft has been using Heil elements in their mics for the K2 and the K3. 

73, 
Barry 
K3NDM 


----- Original Message -----

From: "Dave Cox" <dcoxmail at gmail.com> 
To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net 
Sent: Sunday, March 9, 2014 10:31:41 PM 
Subject: [Elecraft] Heil BM-10 Headset 

I just purchased a used Heil BM-10 headset, and I'm trying to determine how 
to connect it to my KX3. Neither Heil nor Elecraft have been much help. The 
headphone component works fine, but the mic has been a bit of a challenge. 
Elecraft said that no adapter is needed and that the BM-10 should work just 
fine with the 1/8" mic mono plug plugged directly into the mic jack on the 
KX3, but it doesn't work, even after I set the MICBIAS and MICBTN both to 
"OFF." The BM-10 has an HC-5 element. Is a Heil adapter required? If so, 
which one? Any ideas on how best to connect the mic will be greatly 
appreciated. --Dave, NB5N 
______________________________________________________________ 
Elecraft mailing list 
Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft 
Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm 
Post: mailto:Elecraft at mailman.qth.net 

This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net 
Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html