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Selecting a good Mic for 8600 - advise needed

sp8s
sp8s Member ✭✭
in Peripherals & Station Integration

Hi

I currently use an older Heil GM4 balanced mic with a wide and narrow element. TBH, I'm not very satisfied with it and I wonder if someone could recommend a better/tested mic brand/type.

I usually focus on DXing than rag chewing, so a cutting strong modulation would be the best for me. But having an option for rag-chewing would be nice, too.

I also try to finde a good UCB-C mic that was already successfully tested with Flex.

Any recommendations?

73!

Stan SP8S

Answers

  • VE7ATJ_Don
    VE7ATJ_Don Member ✭✭✭✭

    Hi Stan… The Heil mics are pretty well regarded, so I'm wondering what you're looking for in a 'better' mic?

    Using the TX equalizer, you can pretty well tailor almost ANY mic to your voice and/or the characteristics you want on your transmitted signal.

  • Neil D Friedman N3DF
    Neil D Friedman N3DF Member ✭✭✭✭

    I have used a Heil 781 on Flexradio equipment for 7+ years with very good results.

  • John KB4DU
    John KB4DU Member ✭✭✭✭

    Stan,

    Before changing mic, try adjusting the TX eq. Multi uses can be saved as mic profiles.

    First use cut before boost.

    For DX cut 6dB or more above 3 k or so, maybe more. Also cut 64 off, and gradually cut the higher freq's in a sliding scale up to 512. There are multiple ways to assess the effects, but I am cautious about most of them. The DX stations don't care if they can understand you. Save it a s a DX profile. ,

    Most people dont know what their voice sounds like to others so for rag-chew, just start with everything flat and safe it as a Flat profile.

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