[Elecraft] help wiring a mic?

[tnnyswy at yahoo.com]

 >>> if you like the look of it and can power it, why not? <<<

Walter. Thank you! For approaching the question with an " Open Mind "!!!!!!!Many, many years ago, over 2000 years since, someone who happens to be a whole smarter than I, once said. 
" Religion was made for Man, and not Man for Religion " end of quote! 
Maybe, we should remind ourselves that this is just an Hobby! 
HOBBY - An activity or interest, pursued for pleasure!Hence, lets adopt the ETHOS " Ham Radio was made for Man, and not Man for Ham Radio "Just my $0.02 worth.
(((73))) Milverton / W9MMS.

    On Friday, July 6, 2018, 10:05:41 AM CDT, Walter Underwood <wunder at wunderwood.org> wrote:  
 
 I looked up the mic on Amazon, and it is a $20 studio look-alike. I’m sure it has a twenty-five cent electret element under all that stuff, but cheap electret mics are very good.

So it probably is a decent mic and it isn’t too expensive. If you like the look of it and can power it, why not? The detailed info on Amazon says it works with 5 V bias. One reviewer says the response rolls off under 150 Hz, which would be good for communications use.

https://www.amazon.com/Neewer-Professional-Broadcasting-Recording-Microphone/dp/B00XBQ8UGG/

wunder
K6WRU
Walter Underwood
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> On Jul 6, 2018, at 5:16 AM, Bob McGraw K4TAX <rmcgraw at blomand.net> wrote:
> 
> Operator mike technique is very important with regard to good to great audio. 
> 
> I've found that my $20 Behringer 8500 sounds as good as my $100  Shure SM 58.  Likewise my $200 Heil PR 781 needs for one to pay special attention to mike-to-mouth distance in order to control proximity effect. 
> 
> Price and type do not assure one of "great audio".  OTOH - I find most hand mikes supplied with radios sound "plastic" with various resonances and rattles and squeaks, noticeable on the air. 
> 
> Bob, K4TAX
> 
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> On Jul 6, 2018, at 6:48 AM, Charlie T <pincon at erols.com> wrote:
> 
>>> This mic is intended for studio and recording work. It is a very poor 
>>> choice for ham radio.
>>> 
>>> 73, Jim K9YC
>> 
>> 
>> I feel Jim's choice of the term "poor" is correct, but in a monetary sense.
>> 
>> Yes, you may be able to get the mike to communications quality with racks of
>> audio processing equipment etc.,
>> but you will probably spend more for all that when you add the cost of the
>> mike, than radio costs by itself.
>> 
>> Seem a tad wasteful to me when the radio already has a good EQ and a mike
>> costing a fraction of the fancy "studio" mike will sound the same on the
>> other end of the QSO.
>> 
>> I don't under the fascination (or logic?) of using a wide response and
>> expensive microphone just to narrow it down to 300 to 2800 Hz, unless you're
>> H3LL bent on putting out a 10 kHz wide VOA grade signal that is frankly,
>> illegal anyway.
>> 
>> Yeah, yeah I know,  you're voice is "different" and you need all that stuff
>> to make it sound "right".
>> If that's what you want, then by all means go for it.
>> It's the same logic as using your (insert $200k car) to make daily commuter
>> runs mostly stuck in traffic.
>> 
>> 73, Charlie k3ICH
>> 
>> 
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