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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