[ICOM] Boom Microphones

[Sandy Taylor]

Hi David,

I was once a fan of the boom mic. Then I tried a headset. The freedom of
movement is a big plus, particularly for contesting, I found, as I would
sometimes find myself needing to do some adjustments in mid-sentence, either
to the rotator or amplifier, and not having to Art Bell the boom mic was
beautiful.

A real good, real cheap headset is the Heil BM-10. Get the IC element if you
have a pre-PRO Icom. Mr. Heil says the standard elements work FB on all PRO
radios, which he says (and only a friend of Joe Walsh would put it like
this) have a "righteous front end."

Of course, it should, since he designed it.

73,

Kelly
Ve4xt

-----Original Message-----
From: icom-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:icom-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On
Behalf Of David Aukamp
Sent: April-04-08 4:24 AM
To: icom at mailman.qth.net
Subject: [ICOM] Boom Microphones

I'm quite satisfied with my SM-20 and SM-8 microphones BUT I sure 
wish they could be boom mounted so I could get them off my desk. I've 
often wondered why Icom hasn't added such a mic to their line-up. I'm 
open to suggestions for modification or alternative mics that don't 
involve exotic, expensive professional devices.

Thanks and 73, Dave K4QT

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