[Elecraft] K3 & Heil HM-10 Dual

[Bill Breeden]

Steve,

Here are the settings I use with various Heil elements.

I am currently using a Heil Proset K2/K3 with my desk K3 and a Elecraft 
MH2 with my "portable" K3, but have used all these combinations with 
success at one time or another.

Your mileage may vary.

73,

Bill - NA5DX


Elecraft K3 Microphone and Compression Settings 	
	
	

	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	

	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
Heil ProSet (HC-5 element) 						
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
Level 	Bias 	
	Mic 	CMP 	
	TX Equalization 	
FP.H 	Off 		12 	24 		W4TV 		

	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
Heil ProSet Plus (DX setting) (HC-4 element) 				
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
Level 	Bias 	
	Mic 	CMP 	
	TX Equalization 	
FP.H 	Off 		22 	24 		Flat 		

	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
Heil ProSet Plus (Full Range setting) (HC-5 element) 				
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
Level 	Bias 	
	Mic 	CMP 	
	TX Equalization 	
FP.H 	Off 		12 	24 		W4TV 		

	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
Heil ProSet K2/K3 (iC element) K3 5760 					
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
Level 	Bias 	
	Mic 	CMP 	
	TX Equalization 	
FP.L 	On 		10 	22 		W4TV 		

	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
Elecraft MH2 (iC element) K3 8879 					
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
Level 	Bias 	
	Mic 	CMP 	
	TX Equalization 	
FP.L 	On 		12 	20 		W4TV 		

	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	

	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	

	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
Transmit Equalizier Settings 						
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
TX EQ # 	1 	2 	3 	4 	5 	6 	7 	8
TX EQ Band 	50 	100 	200 	400 	800 	1600 	2400 	3200
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
Heil Typical 	-16 	-14 	-4 	0 	+2 	+4 	+8 	+12
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
Heil Contest /DX 	-16 	-16 	-10 	-6 	+4 	+6 	+8 	+12
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
K9YC 	-16 	-16 	-16 	-6 	0 	+3 	+5 	+6
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
W4TV 	-16 	-16 	-6 	0 	0 	+3 	+5 	+6



On 4/17/2017 10:14 PM, Steve Wilson via Elecraft wrote:
> Hi all,
> I setup a K3, that my godfather is borrowing, while his Kenwood is off the air. I reviewed the webpage on the Heil Sound website here: https://heilsound.com/heil-amateur-radio/support/dsp-settings/all-things-elecraft/  Unfortunately, the page refers to the mic with regard to the front panel setting, but does not specifically refer to the mic model with respect to the mic gain and mic bias settings. I sent an email to Heil Sound suggesting that the missing detail be added for this particular mic. But thought I'd ask here, in case anyone knew the answer. I deduced that the setting should be Front Panel, Low, No Bias, but am not 100% sure about that!
> Here's the strange part about this story. I did have a QSO with a station in North Dakota after setting up the rig, so we knew all was working. We shut off the rig and I left for home. Later in the evening, my godfather turned the K3 on and tried to transmit, but noticed that he wasn't getting any moving bars with the transmit audio. I walked him through putting the K3 into test mode, turning down the mic gain, and then turning up the mic gain while he was transmitting to find the optimum level, but we couldn't get the meter to show any response to the audio. I did the same procedure on my own K3 to make sure I was talking him through the right steps and it worked fine on mine. He did try a Heil headset with the same results. I plan to try and get up to visit again this weekend and bring a hand mic with me to try and make sure that it is definitely the K3 and not the mic.
> So unless I'm missing something obvious, it seems like there is an issue with the K3 itself. Unfortunately, Elecraft support couldn't go beyond the same tests that I did last night.
> Does anyone have any suggestions short of shipping to, or dropping off the rig, at Elecraft for a thorough test?
> Thanks, Steve  KG6HJU
>
>
>
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