[Elecraft] Boom mounted Mike for a KX3

[Bill Frantz]

I recently bought a CM-500 from B&H Photo (a recommended vendor). They were advertising it as having a dynamic microphone, but that was wrong. The CM-500 still has, as it always has had, an electret microphone, which is well supported by the KX3 (and many other Elecraft radios. It even comes with a battery operated power supply which allows it to be used with equipment which was designed for dynamic microphones. 

I am definitely not in charge of the product literature for this device, which came from Yamaha.

73 Bill AE6JV


> On Apr 3, 2022, at 22:47, Jim Brown <jim at audiosystemsgroup.com> wrote:
> 
> On 4/3/2022 6:58 PM, John Pierce via Elecraft wrote:
>> am finding out that the KX3 does not handle a dynamic
>> microphone well.
> 
> I disagree, and I'm an audio guy. All you need is a properly wired adapter. and adjustment of TXEQ to compensate for the fact that pro mics are usually flat. But nowadays, nearly all the boom mics small enough to use are electrets, including the CM500. And PRO electret mics won't work with ham gear -- the powering method is very different.
> 
> 73, Jim K9YC