[Elecraft] Appropriate Mic for K3 (new)

[Jim Brown]

Hi Bruce,

As others have noted, almost any mic that isn't "broke" can be made to 
sound very good with the TXEQ in your K3.  Something like 8 years ago, a 
member of our contest club who is, like me, an audio professional, the 
Yamaha CM500 boom mic headset and introduced our club to it. I've used 
it ever since, and am quite happy with it. It's very comfortable to 
wear, both headphones and mic sound great with the radio. It plugs 
straight into the rear panel. A few tweaks and you're ready to go. Other 
very good SSB operators have recommended a competing model, the Koss 
SB-45, which is described as quite similar.

FWIW, I always liked Turner mics for the paging systems that I 
maintained as a young engineer just starting out.

A year or so ago, I prepared a tutorial on the topic of how to get good 
audio on the air.  It's here. http://k9yc.com/ContestAudio.pdf

73, Jim K9YC

On Sun,12/4/2016 6:24 AM, Bruce Chadbourne wrote:
> Greetings - I've had my K3 for 5 years, mostly a CW and digital operator.
> I've never done much with my microphone - just repurposing an Turner454X
> crystal mic.  I keep wondering if I'd be having more phun with a new
> 'phone.  Without starting a holy war, perhaps a few of you could make a
> recommendation as to a specific slightly-better-than budget model.