[Elecraft] help wiring a mic?

Sat Jul 7 05:11:12 EDT 2018

Hi Ron,

Fear not, my spelling is quite different to US English. Never had a problem.

On another subject. KH1 was #331 mixed for me. I started from zero in 
mid 2000 after a spell of about 10 years QRT. The first 257 were with 
the K2. All have been worked K2/K3 and for the first three years only 
made about 500 QSO QRP to a low wire and less entities than is possible 
over a major contest weekend.

Now rather more tooled up!

Regards,

Mike VP8NO

On 06/07/2018 20:48, N3eta at coastside.net wrote:
>     Kind of make you wonder. Just how many questions don’t get asked. I know I’ve been on this reflector for a while now and have yet to dare ask anyone anything.
> If you use the wrong punctuation or mis-spell something! You could get lynched or tarred and feathered and run out of town.
>     We won’t even broach the subject of differing opinions.
>       Ron Genovesi
>             N3ETA
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>> On Jul 6, 2018, at 8:00 AM, 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
>> CM87wj
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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
>>>
>>>
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>>>
>>> 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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