[CQ-Contest] Boom Mic / Headset

[Jim Brown]

On Fri,12/26/2014 8:52 AM, Joe wrote:
> If you use one, What one?

Yamaha CM500.

>
> If you had to, would you buy it again?
>

YES!

This is a VERY comfortable headset that I can wear for as much of a long 
contest as I can sit in the chair (my best recent BIC time was 32 hours 
for CQWWCW). Both headphones and mic sound VERY good. Cost is about 
$60.  It is an electret mic, so it needs bias. It plugs directly into 
the rear panel of a K3. For other rigs you'll need to make a simple 
cable adapter that mates the 1/8-in plug to the mic connector on the 
rig, and add a low watt 5.6K resistor inside the plug between V+ and the 
mic audio pins.

The only downside is that this is a consumer product, the cable is a 
wear item, and is not replaceable.

73, Jim K9YC

73, Jim K9YC