[Elecraft] [OT] Broken boom mic attachment on a CM-500

[Walter Underwood]

I tried a Koss SB-45 headset and hated it. It gets good reviews from hams and has
an electret mic, but it was not comfortable at all. It sat on top of my ears instead of 
around my ears, plus it grabbed my head more tightly than the Yamaha CM-500. 
Finally, the mic boom was not as easy to position.

I sent it back and ordered a new Yamaha CM-500. I haven’t noticed any major
differences between the new one and my eight year old one (wires broke on that one).
The mic boom pivot is stiffer on the new one, but that could easily be a normal
manufacturing variation.

wunder
K6WRU
Walter Underwood
CM87wj
http://observer.wunderwood.org/ (my blog)

> On Nov 1, 2020, at 2:12 PM, Bill Frantz <frantz at pwpconsult.com> wrote:
> 
> The boom mic on my CM-500 is now flopping around held only by the signal wire.
> 
> Any ideas about how to reattach it?
> 
> What are the best replacement headsets these days. Someone said that the CM-500 has changed for the worse in the last few years.
> 
> Any other advice?
> 
> 73 Bill AE6JV
> 
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