Hi Everyone,
Thanks for all of your thoughts about desk mics. I guess once I have saved enough to get the ic-703 (remember I mentioned that a long time ago, still saving) I'd like to get a Heil mic on the headset/boom configuration. I haven't read specs on these mics yet, I'll have to do some research.

Best regards all

Ron

N6msa
-----Original Message-----
.From: "Bob Martin" <[log in to unmask]>
.Sent: 10/9/04 12:30:25 PM
.To: "[log in to unmask]" <[log in to unmask]>
.Subject: Re: Why a Desk mic?
.
.My 526 never gets RF into the pre-amp but my MFJ, which has a bunch more
.options does get clobbered.
.
.
.----- Original Message -----
.From: "Louis Kim Kline" <[log in to unmask]>
.To: <[log in to unmask]>
.Sent: Friday, October 08, 2004 10:53 PM
.Subject: Re: Why a Desk mic?
.
.
.> Hi folks.
.>
.> I've only run a half dozen or so desk mics over the last 25 years on HF,
.> but what I've found is that every time I tried to use a preamplified mic,
.I
.> had nothing but trouble with RF getting back into the mic.  The worst mic
.> that I had in that department was a Shure 526T preamplified desk mic,
.which
.> was just horrible.
.>
.> I run the unamplified version of the MC-60A.  Mine is the original MC-60,
.> and I've had pretty good luck with it.  Ironically, I had the MC60A prior
.> to getting the MC60, but I had a preamp call it quits, and a fellow ham
.> sold me the MC60, which I've enjoyed very much.
.>
.>
.>
.> I'd like to try one of the Heil mics, especially on the Icom 706 Mk II G
.> which I presently only have the original hand mic with.  I don't tend to
.> like the sound of hand mics.  The MC43S that came with my Kenwood TS690S
.> was the worst.  Talk about no fidelity.
.>
.> Anyway, another trick I've used to check out how a mic sounds is to take a
.> communications receiver, without an antenna and tune it to the frequency
.> that I am transmitting on, and with a good pair of headphones, I can at
.> least get an idea what the mic sounds like.  Unfortunately, because I
.don't
.> have deep enough pockets for the really nice HF radios, I do not have a
.> monitor function on any of my radios, so I use the receiver with no
.antenna
.> to check out what sounds like on the air.
.>
.>
.> Louis Kim Kline
.> A.R.S. K2LKK
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